Origin: Canada ? | Documentary | Director: Min Sook Lee | 16 minutes

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Sedition

Min Sook Lee 2008 docu 16 min.

Sedition explores issues of youth and freedom of expression through the
lives of young, politically progressive, Toronto based spoken word artists
Rafeef Ziadah and Boonaa Mohammad. A child of Palestinian refugees raised
in Lebanon, Rafeef tells powerful and deeply moving stories of repression
and resistance. Her spoken word pieces are haunting and defiant. Boonaa
traces his roots to the Oromo people, an oppressed minority in Ethiopia.
Raised in Canada by parents who fled their home country as refugees,
Boonaa's opinions on topics such as racism, colonialism, and engagement in
civic society are fresh and engaging. His energetic performances deliver
his message to his audiences with a solid dose of humour. Both Rafeef and
Boonaa pack their poetic punches with bull'seye aim at the politics of
exile and identity. Their words are spliced with the hypnotic beats of
renowned Toronto musical group, LAL.