Remix to Rio
Directed by: Ravi Steve - Brazil / Canada - 62 min.
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REMIX-to-RIO follows youth outreach project co-founders Gavin and Drex as they travel to Rio De Janeiro and join forces with Sandro, an Ex-drug lord turned activist in hopes of constructing a recording studio for disadvantaged youth in the Favela known as “The Enchanted Land” (Tera Encontada).

Gavin and crew also bring four of their brightest students to Rio. The HUTUZ Hip-Hop festival, Latin America’s largest Hip-hop festival, is in full swing and sets the scene for the REMIX kids to test the skills they’ve been honing over the last 6 months.

Most of these kids have never traveled. The culture shock they experience and the perspectives they gain are life changing.

As their big Hip-hop concert approaches the REMIX crew decide to enlist the help of the young drummers from a local music outreach program. As rehearsals progress an unexpected bond is formed between these little drummers and the REMIXers themselves. It is through these enthusiastic new friends that the REMIX team ultimately discovers the brutal reality facing Rio’s youth.

8:55 pm
Saturday, August 21, 2010
The Carter Center in the Zaban Room


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