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Solidarity 1992

23 min📅 1992-01-01

"We heard about you, we've never seen no rap group from New Zealand. I'm saying tomorrow all I'm doing is learning New Zealand rap..."

Overview

Solidarity follows pioneering New Zealand rappers Upper Hutt Posse after they're invited to the United States by the Nation of Islam. They perform signature song 'E Tū' — about Māori resistance against oppression — and take their message of justice to Detroit community station WDTR. In New York, UHP are interviewed by veteran DJ Imhotep Gary Bryd. Later they meet Abiodun Oyewole, from rap pioneers The Last Poets. This is a street level view of urban artists spreading a message of Indigenous and

Director: Te Kupu

Cast

Te Kupu
Self
Imhotep Gary Byrd
Self
Abiodun Oyewole
Abiodun Oyewole
Self
DLT
Self
Teremoana Rapley
Self
Bennett Pomana
Self
Louis Farrakhan
Louis Farrakhan
Self
Flavor Flav
Flavor Flav
Concert Footage
Doug E. Fresh
Doug E. Fresh
Concert Footage
Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron
Self