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The 16th Annual Fist Up Film Festival
A GOOD FILM CAN CHANGE YoUR LIFE
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM Projects
This is what non-extractive storytelling looks like. We call it participatory action filmmaking. Check it out!
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We Still Here
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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BAKOSÓ: AFROBEATS OF CUBA
Our connection to Africa is not a thing of the past, this is what happens when Afrobeats hits Cuba.
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HomeGrown: Hiplife in Ghana
Hip-Hop music has merged with High-Life, the traditional music of West Africa, and this fusion has led to the birth of a new musical genre called HipLife. Setting the foundation of what we know today as Afrobeats!
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INVENTOS: HIP HOP CUBANO
The first ever feature length documentary about Cuban Hip Hop. Inventos explores the burgeoning scene in spite of the US trade embargo.
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Comuna 13 Documental
Youth in Medellín, Colombia are using music and culture as a catalyst for change and to grow a movement for peace. Over the past ten years these artists have helped turn Medellín from a city of death and despair to a city of hope and healing
AWARD VIDEO
INTERACTIVE PROJECTS
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Fist Up Film Festival
At the Fist Up Film Festival we believe a good film can change your life. We also believe some films are made to be discussed. Apply with your film today and join us in the Bay Area, October 2025.
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Cine Solar Rodate
Is a solar-powered mobile cinema project that partners with community-based organizations and projects across the island of Borikén (Puerto Rico) to host curated community organizing events.
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Defend Puerto Rico
A transmedia project designed to document & celebrate boricua creativity, resilience, & resistance for the puerto rican diáspora.
SHORT FILMS
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Dímelop Rapeando
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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Bomba Ancestral
Bakosó reveals the influence of contemporary African music in Cuba as not just a thing of the past, but a phenomenon happening now!
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Dance With Your Heart
Hip-Hop music has merged with High-Life, the traditional music of West Africa, and this fusion has led to the birth of a new musical genre called HipLife. It set the foundation for what we now as Afrobeats today. Follow the group V.I.P. (Vision In Progress) on their journey to stardom.
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INVENTOS: HIP HOP CUBANO
The first ever feature length film about Cuban Hip Hop. Inventos explores the burgeoning scene in spite of the US trade embargo. Hip-Hop is flourishing with popular innovative groups such as EPG&B, Grandes Ligas, Anonimo Consejo, and Sexto Sentido offering creative energy and powerful social commentary on Cuban social issues and politics.
FISTUP.TV
FistUpTv embodies the true spirit of Hip Hop, which is to build something that is powerful and useful out of what is seemingly impossible. We continue to amplify the voices of the people who refuse to be silenced, ignored and cut off from the larger society. We create and present films that inspire discussion and foster understanding. By placing emphasis on the connected experiences between global and local communities, we create visual parallels between people’s lived experiences and stories from around the world.
Our work centers social justice and we believe that storytelling can help us imagine the world that we want to create together.