The FreeStyle Life Hosts Live Q&A With Director Sarita Siegel

Online, August 6, 2012 (Newswire.com) - Join The FreeStyle Life Monday, August 6, at 3:00 p.m. EDT, 8:00 p.m. BST, for a film screening and live Q&A with director Sarita Siegel. Following a streaming of Siegel's 2004 documentary "The Disenchanted Forest" at 4:15 p.m. EDT, 9:15 p.m. BST, audience members can view a sneak peek of Siegel's new documentary "Outspoken," ask the director questions and get learn more about how to get involved with the project. "Outspoken" is a feature documentary that chronicles an explosion of young rap 'activists' who are stepping up to the mic to voice protest and demand change in the world. After a brief introduction to political rap as it was known in Jamaica in the 1970s and the United States in the 1980s, Siegel delves into the stories of musicians including Emmanuel Jal, a former Sudanese child soldier, and Zayar Thaw, who was imprisoned by the Burmese government for creating rap collective Generation Wave.

Siegel will be showing never before seen footage from "Outspoken", along with interviews from her recent trip to Burma. The completed documentary, "Outspoken", will be distributed by FreeStyle Life Inc., which will be bringing the audience behind the scenes throughout the whole production by Alchemy Films.

Siegel's documentary "The Disenchanted Forest" follows The Wanariset Orangutan Reintroduction Project and the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Reintroduction Project in Borneo as they work to protect orangutans from extinction. Brooke Shields narrates.

The screening and Q&A will stream at Director Sarita Siegel's FreeStyleLife page,
The FreeStyle Life's Facebook page, http://facebook.com/TheFreeStyleLife,
and The FreeStyle Life's YouTube Channel.

Cost: $4.99 to view "The Disenchanted Forest," plus optional donation that will go towards the funding of "Outspoken." The Q&A is free of charge.