Rise

Rise

20 mins | Documentary, Music | Feb. 9, 2019

Young, gifted and black! In an act of self-empowerment, a group of young Black people, mainly first and second generation immigrants from the Caribbean, have occupied the public space of the Toronto underground to perform their agitprop concept of edutainment – poets, rappers, singers and musicians.

Rise

20 mins | Documentary, Music | Feb. 9, 2019

Rise
Young, gifted and black! In an act of self-empowerment, a group of young Black people, mainly first and second generation immigrants from the Caribbean, have occupied the public space of the Toronto underground to perform their agitprop concept of edutainment – poets, rappers, singers and musicians.
Producers Ponte Filmes
Original title Rise
Directors Benjamin de Burca, Bárbara Wagner
Writers Emelie Chhangur, Benjamin de Burca, Bárbara Wagner

Cast

Randell Adjei

as Self

Nathan Baya

as Self

Chantal Rose

as Self

Duke Redbird

as Self