The event will take place at the Box at FACT Liverpool on Tuesday 18th May and is to be broadcast live to movie screens at Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle and the Cornerhouse in Manchester from 6.30pm – 8.30pm.

The Q & A will immediately follow the screening of the UK premiere of The Other Side of Hip Hop: The Sixth Element directed by Dion Michael Ashman, which also takes place at FACT Liverpool. The movie documents the life, art, politics and works of hip hop photographer and author Ernie Paniccioli, which also stars Afrika Bambaataa, Chuck D, Flava Flav, MC Lyte and Russell Simmons. To attend the event at either FACT, Tyneside Cinema or the Cornerhouse please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. no later than Friday 14th May as spaces are limited.

Ernie is also in Liverpool to launch a major photographic exhibition of his work at FACT gallery in Liverpool on 18th May (6.30pm-8.30pm) which will run for one month.

Ernie Paniccioli is regarded to be the premier “Hip-Hop photographer in America”. Paniccioli first made his foray into the culture in 1973 when he began capturing the ever-present graffiti art dominating New York City. Armed with a 35-millimeter camera, Paniccioli has recorded the entire evolution of Hip Hop. From Grandmaster Flash at the Roxy (a popular Manhattan nightclub of the late 70’s and early 1980s), to the athletic moves of the legendary Rock Steady Crew, to the fresh faces of Queen Latifah, Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Eminem, and Lauren Hill; Paniccioli has been at the forefront, documenting the greatest cultural movement since Rock and Roll in the 1950s.

For further information visit...

http://www.myspace.com/ernie_paniccioli

http://www.myspace.com/afrikabambaaataaa

BOOKING INFORMATION

Dates: 19th – 22nd May 2010
Location: 35 various stages, Liverpool, UK.
Ticket Price: Standard Festival Wristband: £45
Standard Full Delegate Pass: £150
Walk up Festival Wristband: £60
Walk up Full Delegate pass: £200

Day Festival Wristband: Wed & Thu £17.50, Fri & Sat £22.50
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