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In The Hour Of Chaos Hip Hop Art & Activism...
H. Samy Alim is a Professor at UCLA, a linguistic anthropologist and educator
whose work explores the intersections of language, race, and culture. He has written
widely on Hip Hop culture, Black language practices, and educational justice, and is
a leading voice in critical language studies.
Samuel Lamontagne is a Professor of Music at UC Riverside and a co-lead of
UCLA’s Hip Hop Initiative. He is a scholar of hip-hop and electronic music from
the African diaspora, specializing in Los Angeles's musical cultures.
Tabia Shawel is a Ph.D. Candidate at UCLA. She co-leads the university’s ground-
breaking Hip Hop Initiative, positioning UCLA as a global hub for hip-hop
scholarship through artist residencies, archives, public programming, and
postdoctoral fellowships.
Regal Reverie (Untitled)
Almasi is a Nairobi- and Atlanta-based photographer and creative director
whose work blurs the lines between fashion, mood, and storytelling. Known for crafting
cinematic visuals through rich tones and dynamic compositions, Almasi captures
moments that feel both bold and timeless. With a vision rooted in style and narrative,
their work transforms everyday textures and forms into poetic imagery, offering
audiences an evocative lens into beauty, culture, and identity.
Director Statement : With Regal Reverie (Untitled), I set out to explore the idea of
regality — not through crowns or palaces, but through the presence of the African
woman herself. The three muses embody a timeless grace and power that transcends
time, echoing the elegance often associated with Victorian aesthetics but reframed
through my own lens.
Fashion enters the film as an extension of this vision: garments made from scraps and
unexpected materials become symbols of resourcefulness and imagination, proving thatbeauty and majesty are not bound to luxury. Instead, they live in creativity, resilience,
and the way one carries themselves.
This film is a reverie — a dreamlike homage to African women as muses, as icons, as
living testaments to regality in its truest form. Our hope is that viewers see not only
fashion, but the spirit and essence of women who remain radiant regardless of
circumstance.
Have You Heard Judi Singh?
Baljit Sangra is an award-winning, Vancouver-based filmmaker whose films
shine a light on underrepresented and marginalized voices and stories. Sangra’s films
have routinely premiered at festivals around the world.
In the Hour of Chaos: Hip Hop Art & Activism with Public Enemy’s Chuck D highlights the transformative power of Hip Hop with some of the nation’s most insightful thinkers on the art form’s social, cultural, and political significance. Guided by Chuck D himself, the film tells the story of how artists, activists, and academics came together at UCLA to celebrate 50 years of Hip Hop cultural history. The all-star line-up of guests explores the profound impact of an arts movement that revolutionized the world.
Over much of the last 4 decades, Chuck D’s music and activism have taught so many of us. This film captures Chuck D at his best, engaging some of the nation’s leading public intellectuals on the social origins of Hip Hop culture and its continued evolution. The film covers a range of topics, including Black radical movements, Hip Hop feminisms, and the global circulation of the culture within the ever-evolving music and entertainment industries. Narrated by Chuck D, this film follows his tenure as the UCLA Hip Hop Initiative’s inaugural Artist-in-Residence. No other film captures this journey, at this critical juncture in our history, as we celebrate over half a century of Hip Hop with one of its most important and globally-recognized voices. And no other artist speaks so powerfully and eloquently about Hip Hop’s continued relevance in today’s “hour of chaos.”Website: https://hhi.bunchecenter.ucla.edu/
- Year2024
- Runtime43:31
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereCanada
- DirectorH. Samy Alim, Tabia Shawel, Samuel Lamontagne
- ScreenwriterH. Samy Alim, Samuel Lamontagne, Tabia Shawel
- ProducerAaref Rodriguez, Richard Heredia
- Executive ProducerH. Samy Alim, Tabia Shawel, Samuel Lamontagne
- Co-ProducerBadman’s Son (Aaref Rodriguez and Richard Heredia-Arriaga)
- FilmmakerH. Samy Alim, Samuel Lamontagne, Tabia Shawel
- CastChuck D, Jeff Chang, Joan Morgan, Robin D.G. Kelley
- CinematographerBadman's Son
- EditorBadman's Son
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In The Hour Of Chaos Hip Hop Art & Activism...
H. Samy Alim is a Professor at UCLA, a linguistic anthropologist and educator
whose work explores the intersections of language, race, and culture. He has written
widely on Hip Hop culture, Black language practices, and educational justice, and is
a leading voice in critical language studies.
Samuel Lamontagne is a Professor of Music at UC Riverside and a co-lead of
UCLA’s Hip Hop Initiative. He is a scholar of hip-hop and electronic music from
the African diaspora, specializing in Los Angeles's musical cultures.
Tabia Shawel is a Ph.D. Candidate at UCLA. She co-leads the university’s ground-
breaking Hip Hop Initiative, positioning UCLA as a global hub for hip-hop
scholarship through artist residencies, archives, public programming, and
postdoctoral fellowships.
Regal Reverie (Untitled)
Almasi is a Nairobi- and Atlanta-based photographer and creative director
whose work blurs the lines between fashion, mood, and storytelling. Known for crafting
cinematic visuals through rich tones and dynamic compositions, Almasi captures
moments that feel both bold and timeless. With a vision rooted in style and narrative,
their work transforms everyday textures and forms into poetic imagery, offering
audiences an evocative lens into beauty, culture, and identity.
Director Statement : With Regal Reverie (Untitled), I set out to explore the idea of
regality — not through crowns or palaces, but through the presence of the African
woman herself. The three muses embody a timeless grace and power that transcends
time, echoing the elegance often associated with Victorian aesthetics but reframed
through my own lens.
Fashion enters the film as an extension of this vision: garments made from scraps and
unexpected materials become symbols of resourcefulness and imagination, proving thatbeauty and majesty are not bound to luxury. Instead, they live in creativity, resilience,
and the way one carries themselves.
This film is a reverie — a dreamlike homage to African women as muses, as icons, as
living testaments to regality in its truest form. Our hope is that viewers see not only
fashion, but the spirit and essence of women who remain radiant regardless of
circumstance.
Have You Heard Judi Singh?
Baljit Sangra is an award-winning, Vancouver-based filmmaker whose films
shine a light on underrepresented and marginalized voices and stories. Sangra’s films
have routinely premiered at festivals around the world.
In the Hour of Chaos: Hip Hop Art & Activism with Public Enemy’s Chuck D highlights the transformative power of Hip Hop with some of the nation’s most insightful thinkers on the art form’s social, cultural, and political significance. Guided by Chuck D himself, the film tells the story of how artists, activists, and academics came together at UCLA to celebrate 50 years of Hip Hop cultural history. The all-star line-up of guests explores the profound impact of an arts movement that revolutionized the world.
Over much of the last 4 decades, Chuck D’s music and activism have taught so many of us. This film captures Chuck D at his best, engaging some of the nation’s leading public intellectuals on the social origins of Hip Hop culture and its continued evolution. The film covers a range of topics, including Black radical movements, Hip Hop feminisms, and the global circulation of the culture within the ever-evolving music and entertainment industries. Narrated by Chuck D, this film follows his tenure as the UCLA Hip Hop Initiative’s inaugural Artist-in-Residence. No other film captures this journey, at this critical juncture in our history, as we celebrate over half a century of Hip Hop with one of its most important and globally-recognized voices. And no other artist speaks so powerfully and eloquently about Hip Hop’s continued relevance in today’s “hour of chaos.”Website: https://hhi.bunchecenter.ucla.edu/
- Year2024
- Runtime43:31
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereCanada
- DirectorH. Samy Alim, Tabia Shawel, Samuel Lamontagne
- ScreenwriterH. Samy Alim, Samuel Lamontagne, Tabia Shawel
- ProducerAaref Rodriguez, Richard Heredia
- Executive ProducerH. Samy Alim, Tabia Shawel, Samuel Lamontagne
- Co-ProducerBadman’s Son (Aaref Rodriguez and Richard Heredia-Arriaga)
- FilmmakerH. Samy Alim, Samuel Lamontagne, Tabia Shawel
- CastChuck D, Jeff Chang, Joan Morgan, Robin D.G. Kelley
- CinematographerBadman's Son
- EditorBadman's Son
