Producers: Pamela Cohn, Cynthia Barrera;
Executive Producer: Elizabeth Boone; Audio: Joe Pazos
Music By: Obsesion y Doble-Filo;
Commissioned by the Miami Light Project
When two popular rap groups
join forces to create a new musical revolution in Cuba, they
never expected to be thrust into an intense journey into the
heart of hip-hop. This documentary follows the artists of Doble-Filo
and Obsesión, known collectively as "LA FABRI_K" (The
Factory), from their humble homes in Havana throughout their
eye-opening concert tour of the United States. They encounter
legendary hip-hop personalities and plenty of drama en route
to their groundbreaking performance at the historic Apollo
Theater in Harlem. Will they be lured by the glitter of consumerism
or will their mission lead to a revival of musical consciousness?
Cuban documentaries typically cover
one of only two topics: the way things were, or how things
got to be the way they are. The triumph of La Fabri_K, Lisandro
Pérez-Rey's Cuban hip-hop documentary, is that it
dares to look ahead.
