Bouncing Cats


Bouncing Cats is a 2010 documentary film written and directed by Australian director and photographer Nabil Elderkin. The film follows the efforts of Abraham Abramz Tekya and Breakdance Project Uganda BPU to use dance to empower youth in wartorn Uganda. The film is a testimony of Crazy Legs of Rock Steady Crew and his experiences in the BPU program. The film features narration by Common and additional interviews with Mos Def, will.i.am and KNaan. Also appearing in the film is Okot Jolly Grace, whose guidance enabled the filmmakers to see and understand the plight of children in northern Uganda.

Crazy Legs receives an invitation from Abramz to teach bboy classes in Uganda. He accepts to join the program and is inspired by the passion for hiphop by the kids enrolled in it. Bouncing Cats follows Abramz, Crazy Legs, and Breakdance Project Uganda on a journey to use hiphop culture for positive social change.In terms of the title, Bouncing Cats is the sound made by the kids in Uganda when they have no access to a boombox, according to the films director, Nabil Elderkin, Using bouncing cats, baboons and cats in repetition, they create their own beat. ........

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