MOLI VIEW™

Established in 2002, the Hip Hop Odyssey International Film Festival—H20IFF for short—has evolved into the largest hip-hop film festival in the world, spanning a full two weeks in New York City. Providing filmmakers an opportunity to showcase films that represent hip-hop culture, facilitating panels on the role of hip-hop film and other hip-hop media, an awards show, and a number of other events, are all a part of the H20IFF which fills the void in exposing one of the many "fifth elements" in hip-hop culture. Format recently spoke with co-organizer Martha Diaz about the evolution of the festival, and why it's important to expose hip-hop film.
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