Brasilintime film to release July 17

Mochilla has announced the release of BRASILINTIME: BATUCADA COM DISCOS on July 17. Filmaker/photographer Brian "B+" Cross and co-producer/photographer Eric Coleman worked with 5 of the worlds most revered drummers Paul Humphrey, James Gadson, Derf Reklaw, Ivan "Mamao" Conti and Joao "Comanche" Parahyba along with 5 of the worlds greatest turntablists Babu, J.Rocc, Cut Chemist, Madlib and Dj Nuts, to create the first film to ever connect the world of Samba and Bossa Nova to the world of Hip-Hop.
Brasilintime is a filmic map that connects the world of Rio de Janeiro of the late teens to the South Bronx of the early seventies. The roads from Samba through Bossa Nova to hip-hop are a complex web of musical whispers and echoes. Brasilintime is a two hour documentary that traverses this journey.
In 2000 some of Los Angeles's most revered soul and jazz session drummers came together with some of the city's greatest turntablists. The magic that happened during this first meeting is both homage and discovery. It was filmed and became the acclaimed short "Keepintime: Talking Drums and Whispering Vinyl."
In November of 2002, both drummers and DJs travelled to Sao Paulo Brazil. The purpose of the journey was to expand the multi-generational conversation to include their counterparts from the world of Samba, Bossa Nova and Samba Rock, as well as the best new talent from Brasilian hip hop. This show was recorded and became the basis for Brasilintime: Batucada com Discos. Shot in a direct and often experimental way, relying frequently on the use of still photography, Brasilintime speaks the language of the music it addresses.
There will be a three day long celebration with all of the cast and crew at The Egyptian Theatre, Turntable Lab, and The Mayan Theatre in Los Angeles, respectively on July 17-19.

"For this listener when the chips are down, this project conjures up a risky and radical collision of forces whose existence we have very good reason to celebrate."
-Paul Bradshaw: Straight No Chaser

"Brasilintime gives an extraordinary feel for these rhythmic exchanges, whether they happen in a drum shop, in a sweaty nightclub where DJs trade breaks with drummers, or across continents and over decades via vinyl legacies. Like a Madlib mix, the chains of influence are unpredictable but perfect."
-Bryan Mc Cann, author of Hello, Hello Brasil and Assistant Professor of Latin American History at Georgetown University

"It is brilliant as a combination of images and music, a film that does visually what its narrative proclaims through words and scenes."
-George Lipsitz: Author of Dangerous Crossroads and Head of the Dept of Black Studies UCSB

"What makes the film so filmic are all the strange little asides, strange little nothings that capture exactly what it is like to see some cats who have done some really important wilded out music come together and do the same thing together."
-Alex Wagner: The Fader Magazine

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