Editor

The Backseat Film Festival’s 5th installment of our monthly screening series is on Wednesday, March 31st 2004 at the Two Boots Pioneer Theatre
(155 East 3rd street at Ave A) in New York City.

NYC PREMIERE OF Hip Hop Immortals: We Got Your Kids
www.wegotyourkids.com

Hip hop Immortals: We Got Your Kids answers the call of hip hop lifers everywhere by capturing a unique and honest portrayal of hip hop not as a target market, but as a heartbeat. Recognizing that the energy goes beyond music, beyond clothes, and way beyond image, We Got Your Kids approaches hip hop from an insiders point of view. Every part of production is handled by professionals who are hip hop, who embrace the lifestyle, and for who this is not just a job, but a documentation of culture. On the front-line and fully embedded, we've been there to catch hip hop as it is, from gritty street life, to the mansions that lay at the end of the rainbow.

Narrated by renowned writer/actor/cultural critic Bonz Malone(Slam, Brooklyn Babylon), Hip hop Immortals: We Got Your Kids has the approval of the street in addition to the acclaim of the fans. By immersing fully in the lifestyle, Sock Bandit Productions brings you the ups, the downs, the struggle and the pay off, told by those who lived it. In a word, we bring you: hip hop.

Interviews from luminaries like Grandmaster Melle Mel, Schoolly D, Rakim, the late Jam Master Jay, among dozens of contemporaries make this a must-see for any hip hop purist. While the sheer star power of Snoop Dogg, Lil' Kim, Fat Joe, Busta Rhymes and other platinum-selling artists whet the appetites of more casual fans. The list of interviews from talent in areas outside of hip hop reads like a who’s who of pop-culture tastemakers, including top designers/company heads from FUBU, Enyce, Adidas, and others, adult-entertainment scene-stealers such as India, Lexington Steele and Tera Patrick and cultural pioneers like graffiti legend James TOP.

Partial Cast Listing:
Baby Blak, Black Rob, Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E, Bone Crusher, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Babu, Evidence, Rakaa, Cypress Hill, Busta Rhymes, Cam'ron, C-BO, Coolio, Common, Chubb Rock, Daddy O, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Dres (Black Sheep), Ruff Ryders, Everlast, Erick Sermon, Eightball, Marc Ecko, Eve, Fabolous, Fat Joe, Guru, Premier, (Gang Starr), Ginuwine, Jadakiss, Joe Budden, Jermaine Dupri, Jam Master Jay, Kid Capri, Kool G Rap, Killer Mike, L.A. Reid, Loon, Lil' Kim, Lil' Cease, Bow Wow, MC Lyte, Marley Marl, Grandmaster Melle Mel, MC Eiht, MC Serch, Mister Cartoon, Mos Def, Nate Dogg, Pete Rock, Redman, Rakim, Rahiem, Mark Ronson, Special Ed, Schoolly D, Sen Dog, Shock G, (Digital Underground), Snoop Dogg, Treach, Taboo, (Black Eyed Peas), Trugoy, Posdnous, (De La Soul), Wyclef Jean, Warren G, Xzibit, Young Chris