Description: When rap and the intifada get caught in a hand that holds a mike, songs that yearn to be heard beyond the ghetto walls of Israel emerge. The rage, the poetry, the girls, the confusion, the temptations of global media and the idealism: they are all here in this story of a year in the life of budding palestinian hip-hop star Samekh Zakhut (aka Saz). This fresh, coming of age film brings to the screen the complexities of what it means to be young, talented, angry and, above all, idealistic in a place of fragmentation and separation. Saz believes his art can not only change the world and inspire millions to reclaim their homeland, it can also free him from the ghetto, out of his mindless car mechanic job and into the lucrative stage of global pop music. For Saz, music is a place where people who disagree can come together. It takes him to the clubs and neighborhoods of Tel Aviv, Haifa, and London. The film also looks at his relationship with his aging grandfather, a refugee of the 1948 war. Their conversations reveal their differing ideologies. I don�t see my Palestine being built by blood says Saz. It should be built by negotiations, not bombings in Tel Aviv. My bullets are my rhymes. My M-16 is my microphone.
