28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Pavel Abrahám
The Czech RAPublic is the first feature film dedicated to Czech rap. James Cole, Hugo Toxxx and Orion on the stage, but primarily off it. Three prominent Czech rappers, ten pieces, ten lively - and even enlivening - film situations. Introducing a garrulous professor of linguistics, cheeky children from a Roma ghetto in Karviná, a curious photographer, a strict registry clerk, accidental passers-by of Prague or the "almighty" Hana Hegerová; further more the members of a classic music trio, basic school students from the Prague South City, representatives of the association Word and Voice and even the saviour of the Czech language, Josef Jungmann himself. Hip hop on the way from its narrow subcultural ghetto to the world. Citizens of the Czech RAPublic and the Czech Republic come together for a common "freestyle".