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    Scared of Revolution

    Poster of the movie Scared of Revolution
    2018     Documentary    
    Netherlands
    1h 12min

    Umar Bin Hassan hasn't even hit 70 yet, but he walks with difficulty and there's sadness and fatigue in his eyes. As a member of The Last Poets, a group of performance poets who expressed the progressive spirit of the times starting in the late 1960s, he was a major influence on later hip-hop artists. The legacy of the Last Poets is an essential Black Arts Movement contribution and part of the African diaspora oral tradition that includes storytelling, the blues, spoken word, and rap. This influential group of performance poets and musicians emerged from the 1960s civil rights movement and black nationalism, and their work has had a significant impact on hip-hop.

    Directed byDaniel Krikke
    Written byDaniel Krikke
    CompanyFilm MovementFilm MovementFilm Movement

    Featuring

    Omar Ben Hassan
    Abiodun Oyewole
    Bill Adler
    Bill Laswell
    Baba Donn Babatunde

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