'Scared of Revolution' -- A Film on the Art and Struggle of Umar Bin Hassan of The Last Poets (Trailer)

'Umar Bin Hassan is a member of the revolutionary African-American art collective The Last Poets who rose to fame in the late 1960s. Music pioneers, seen as the founding fathers of rap. Umar himself, is a legend that captures the spirit of an era, and of a community. He takes us back to his past, where he was raised in an environment poisoned by racism, poverty and self-hate. With an absent father unable to forge lasting emotional ties. Yet Umar chose to be a poet. He made his personal message political, shocking both the white and black audiences; “Niggers are scared of revolution!” Umar’s visionary poetry proved to be more powerful than himself, who fell prey to drugs and self-hate, and turned into an absent father and husband himself. Today, 50 years later, Umar has a second chance; to be the father he could never be before. This film, dealing with the self-image of this legendary man; the personal story of a black man’s redemption, is the hopeful bridge to this generation.' -- (dir. Daniël Krikke | Netherlands | 2018)