Description
This year’s Brixton x Harlem festival will be celebrating 50 years of Hip Hop across a variety of venues including Brixton House with a special free screening of a documentary dedicated to the late James Dewitt Yancey aka Jay Dee aka J-Dilla: the visionary musician, producer and MC that is and was arguably one of the most influential figures in Hip Hop.
Shernay LaTouche’s documentary The View from the Other Side: J-Dilla, A European Remembrance was filmed from 2009 to 2012 in London, Paris, Lausanne and Berlin, celebrates a legend born and bred in Detroit from the European perspective.
It discovers underground communities and cultures whose rejoicing in and reaction to J-Dilla’s music, impact and legacy is as intense as ever.
Interviewees include Shortee Blitz, Onra, Mr Thing, Sarah Love, Seb Bash, Lefto and Chief. All speak of J-Dilla with insight, passion, enthusiasm and love.
LaTouche has drawn together many people, working in their own creative disciplines including music production and animation, to give something back and to affirm with one voice their love of J-Dilla.
Director LaTouche says:
“I am honoured and privileged to have met and worked with some truly extraordinary people. It will always be something to look back on and say “we did this”.
Sarah Love
DJ Sarah Love is a stalwart in the Hip Hop game.
As a DJ she has toured solo across 30+ countries & five continents, presented shows on BBC Radio and MTV, is the only female ever nominated ‘Best DJ’ MOBO Award, was the first woman to have a nationwide broadcast Hip Hop Show in the UK.
Shernay LaTouche
Shernay La Touche is a director, sneaker collector, and founder of The Imprint, a collective of like-minded women within the sneaker industry formed of experts, advocates and enthusiasts from all over the world. Through Imprint, she aims to bring women’s voices to the forefront in a male-dominated industry.