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Hip Hopera

  • Hip Hopera
© Plexus Films
Genre : Musical
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2008
Format : Short
Running time : 24 (in minutes)

Hip Hopera profiles two young rising stars from opposite poles. Quentin ‘Jitsvinger' Goliath is a young Afrikaans hip-hop artist and poet who rhymes strictly in his vernacular. Tall, urban and gritty, with rhymes that are rhythmic and intricate, he represents the voice of the Cape Flats, and is the mouthpiece of a generation of Afrikaans speakers who are finding new ways of using their language. Golda Schultz is a young, award winning opera singer who is part of the Cape Town Opera Company. She is a diva with the spunk of a pop idol. HEADWRAP follows ‘Jitsvinger' through his first operatic experience and looks on as Golda needs down and dirty, street style.



South Africa, 2008, 24 min
English & Afrikaans; English Subtitles
Dir: Dylan Valley


Prod: Plexus Films

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