CITY LIFE

..The CITY LIFE film project (formerly known as "Steppin' Out") is inspired by a beautiful energy felt within the Bay Area Hip-Hop culture, highlighted by performance collectives originating and operating out of the San Francisco Bay Area. Net proceeds from the film will benefit music and arts education and youth shelter programs in Los Angeles, Oakland and San Francisco. Beneficiaries Include: Youth Uprising www.youthuprising.org Eastside Arts Alliance www.eastsideartsalliance.com Youth Movement Records www.youthmovementrecords.org Bay Unity Music Project (BUMP) www.bumprecords.org After-School All-Stars www.afterschoolallstars.org Dream Catcher Youth Shelter www.alamedafs.org Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) www.bavc.org KPOO - Poor People’s Radio www.kpoo.com CELLspace www.cellspace.org Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts & Technology www.baycat.org KPFA & The Pacifica Foundation www.kpfa.org Youth Alive www.youthalive.org Youth Speaks www.youthspeaks.org Youth Radio www.youthradio.org The Covenant House-Oakland Cov Records www.covenenthouseca.org Oakland Box Theater www.oaklandbox.com SYNOPSIS A break-dance crew from San Francisco and Oakland attempts to reclaim Hip-Hop culture from the violent and destructive stereotypes currently dominating the mainstream. Amidst this effort, a young Latino ex-gang member searches for salvation on a path toward redemption. With talent and intelligence, the conscious community prevails with UNITY, BROTHERHOOD, LOVE and HIP-HOP. MISSION Frustrated with the lack of positive Hip-Hop representation in the mainstream media, Music Without Borders and Biko Vision Entertainment presents CITY LIFE, a feature film that gives exposure to conscious Hip-Hop artists in a raw and accurate portrayal of urban life and Hip-Hop culture. In this film, the Hip-Hop community themselves set the record straight for every creative soul that lives and breathes this art form. What we see on television and what we hear over corporate radio broadcasts does not represent the majority of this culture and the world needs to know it. If Hip-Hop promoting sexual exploitation, violence and materialism can effectively lower the values of today’s youth, imagine how Hip-Hop promoting consciousness and creativity might impact the streets. While living in the Bay Area, writer/director Joe Biko Doherty witnessed the immense homeless teen population residing in San Francisco and the staggering youth homicide rate existing in East Oakland. Lack of government funds for social programs and prevention education plays a large role in this problem. CITY LIFE will be filmed on location in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Oakland featuring over fifty Bay Area based Hip-Hop artists whose art and message promotes creativity, spirituality and human development. With the success of CITY LIFE, Music Without Borders and Biko Vision Entertainment will provide financial support for Bay Area based non-profit foundations that supports, educates and inspires youth to grow with the information and confidence they deserve to thrive in their lifetime. VISION Hip-Hop has the ability to engage our youth on a global scale and has an influence like no other movement in the history of this generation. Through Hip-Hop, youth otherwise separated by class, race and geography can communicate and learn to understand and respect one another. Hip-Hop has that power. STATUS We are currently fundraising to meet our production budget goal. CAN'T STOP...WON'T STOP.