CA.TV Review: Rootsy Hip and Triptych (and interview with Danny Mollise)
.It is apparent that we have a Mobile Cultural Revival underway which, although loosely tied to the past, is being driven by its young people, many of whom have spent time elsewhere, and fostered in our resurrected Downtown.Rootsy Hip (directed by Isabel Machado) is a perfect example of this. It is a downright enjoyable film to watch – and just as good technically as any documentary we have seen recently. The downfall of a documentary is when you ask “When is this going to end?†– and that is not a problem for Rootsy Hip. That is because of its combination of its glimpse of an element of Underground Mobile that most are only vaguely aware of, and the artists themselves. You could imagine that it would take some unique people to be white Southern hip-hop artists, and they certainly are. But then to see them in the audience afterwards at the Crescent was incredible. This film would be appreciated not only by young Mobilians, but also by all except the most closed-minded of our older generations. We hope Ms. Machado stays in Mobile to make more documentaries – we need them.
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