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Raisin' Kane: A Rapumentary

Crackling with energy, this gutsy documentary takes you into the hidden world of independent hip-hop artists.
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Meet Citizen Kane, a Juno-award-nominated hip-hop band at a turning point in their career as they "drop" their first CD. Raisin' Kane portrays three artists hell-bent on being heard over the din of a sometimes indifferent world.

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  • director
    Alison Duke
  • producer
    Karen King-Chigbo
  • executive producer
    Louise Lore
  • editor
    Gordon Thorne
  • story consultant
    Claire Prieto
  • director of photography
    Stanislaw Barua
    Ricardo Diaz
    Kim Derko
  • sound editor
    Alan Geldart
  • music editor
    Alan Geldart
  • original music
    The Black Europeans
  • sound recordist
    Ross Redfern
    Sanjay Mehta
    Robert Fletcher
    Steve McNamee
    Patrick Skehan
    Paul Gosse
  • production manager
    Claire Prieto
    Nadine Tsehaie Makonnen
    Julie Crooks
  • technical supervisor
    Kemp Archibald
    James Fiege
  • assistant technical supervisor
    Michael Sardella
  • production coordinator
    Nadine Simunic
  • program administrator
    Ida Di Fruscia
  • researcher
    Tanya Fleet
    Claire Prieto
  • continuity writer
    Alison Duke
  • director's intern
    Nadine Tsehaie Makonnen
  • editor's intern
    Akhaji Zakiya
  • sound editor's intern
    Brian D'Oliveira
  • additional camera
    Derek Rogers
    Terry Zazulak
    Michael Grippo
    Kwoi Gin
    Andrew Binnington
    Joseph Sutherland
    Alison Duke
  • additional sound
    Paul Adlaf
    Brian Dupuis
    Paul Gosse
    Kenneth Lee
    Hartley Wynberg
  • camera assistant
    Jeremy Hood
    John Adams
    Rick Jarjoura
    Gerry Mendoza
    Cabral Trotman
    Maurizio Chen
    Elizabeth Delaire
    Powys Dewhurst
    David Johns
    Mark Lukac
  • assistant sound editor
    Patricia Quintanilla
  • production assistant
    Toni Thomas
  • technical assistant
    Kevin Drysdale
  • stills photographer
    Ian Watson
  • music clearances
    Ann Mayall
  • online editor
    Warren Chinn
  • re-recording mixer
    Lou Solakofski
  • foley artist
    Tim O'Connell
  • Rostrum camera
    Jenny Lianos
  • title design
    Christian Baird
  • colourist
    Sue Chambers
    Judy Paul

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