San Francisco Black Film Festival 2008

Silas and Krazy Native are the two remaining members of the Bataka Squad, Uganda’s first major hip hop group to rap in their native language, Luganda. We follow as Silas returns to his homeland to set up a charity foundation for young people living in Uganda’s ghettos, and see Silas and Krazy reunited for the first time in ten years. Their journey takes us from the riot-torn streets of the Africa, to the smallest villages in the countryside; to the United States through their music. On the way we meet a host of other rappers, tackling subjects from genocide to AIDS to female circumcision, as they try to find a way to take control of their lives and give back to the community.