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Directed by Andrés Tabares Produced by Listen Up! Polimorfo Genre Runtime: 7 min Release Date: April 2008 Filmmaker's Website Send to Friends |
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Plot Outline
In Andrés Tabares’ barrio in Colombia, “social cleansing” groups wage war. When this thirteen-year-old raps against violence, people listen.
Awards
Winner of the Speak the Peace Award
Filmmaker Notes
More About Rapping At Fear from Producer Listen Up!
Beyond Borders: Personal Stories from a Small Planet is a creative burst of defiance and hope by teenagers who are overcoming the huge obstacles and ignorance that have defined their lives. It’s an inspiring compilation of 11 short films written, shot and edited by teenagers who weave documentary filmmaking, animation and archival footage to tell personal stories on fear and insecurity.
When we began the Beyond Borders Project, we were inspired by Michael Moore’s film Bowling for Columbine, as well as a speech given by Tim Robbins at the National Press Corps in Washington, D.C. Moore challenged us to rethink our fears, while Robbins described how our government squandered an opportunity to unite our country and world after 9/11. Both men took heat for speaking the truth. So, we asked the youth filmmakers what they most fear in their own lives and how they manage to overcome it.
This is Andrés’ story. Whether in the Colombian countryside before
the rebels forced his family to leave, or the city slum where his
family now lives, Andrés Tabares has always had a way with words. In
Andrés’ barrio where “social cleansing” groups wage war, this
thirteen-year-old writes and performs rap to speak out against
violence. And people are listening.
FILMMAKER BIOS
Andrés Tabares, Director
Andrés Tabares, AKA Chucky, Pinky, Tack, Scratch, Elf, Dwarf, and Goblin, was thirteen when he made Rapping at Fear, with the support of Polimorfo. Following Rapping at Fear, Andrés joined City TV Bogotá as a children’s TV host for about a year. He continues to perform rap in Cazuca and belongs to a theater group in Taller de Vida. He is in his last year of high school and is also studying a special Graphic Design program in “El minuto de Dios.”
Listen Up!, Producer
Listen Up! is a youth media network that connects young video producers and their allies to resources, support and projects in order to develop the field and achieve an authentic youth voice in the mass media.
Polimorfo, Producer
Polimorfo is a collective of filmmakers and anthropologists who work with marginalized communities throughout Colombia. Polimorfo is dedicated to alternative communication, interested in producing and spreading messages which speak from and for sectors unrepresented by the massive means of communication. They also assist youth to form communication skills and strategies to take initiative in the diffusion, discussion, and action over their own needs and dreams, as well as promote their creativity.