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AARON TAYLOR KUFFNER (ZEMI 17)
THE YES MEN
(ANDY BICHLBAUM AND MIKE BONANNO)
GAMELATRON: Robotic Gamelan Orchestra
LOST FILM FEST w vj Scott Beibin
SCIENTISTS ARE THE NEW ROCKSTARS
ABORTO SIN PENA: ABORTION WITHOUT SHAME AND PENALTY
ART IS A WEAPON: with Eric Drooker
DISPATCHES FROM REBEL MEXICO: with Greg Berger
GRASSROOTS PR AND PUBLICITY FOR FILM AND BANDS
GUERRILLA AND VIRAL MARKETING FOR MISCHIEF MAKERS
GUERRILLA POSTER ART with Robbie Conal
ILLEGAL PUBLIC ART IN UNDER 5 MINUTES! with Monochrom
INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED AUTONOMY
THE MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL ROAD SHOW
OBAMA'S IRAQ hosted by Rick Rowley of Big Noise Films
PANDEMIC PREVENTION: BIRD FLU AND OTHER EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES with Dr. Michael Greger MD.
PUBLICITY AND PR FOR SOCIAL CAUSES with Mahdis Keshavarz
RHIZOME COLLECTIVE: A WORKING MODEL FOR SUSTAINABILITY
RUST - RADICAL URBAN SUSTAINABILITY TRAINING with Scott Kellogg
SCIENTISTS ARE THE NEW ROCKSTARS with VJ Scott Beibin
SELF-DISTRIBUTION FOR INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS, MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS
THE BRICOLEUR EXPERIENCE with Shrine
THE HOW AND WHY OF EFFECTIVE ETHICAL MASS CAMPAIGNS with Scott Beibin
THE LATEST IN HUMAN NUTRITION with Dr. Michael Greger MD
THE SECRET BASES: EXPLORING THE PENTAGON'S "BLACK WORLD" with Trevor Paglen
TRACKING THE CIA'S TORTURE PLANES with Trevor Paglen
USING YOUR WITS TO WIN with Alan Abel
VEG MY RIDE with Rob Del Bueno
BEYOND THE WALLS: THE BATTLE FOR IRAQ'S FUTURE
BRAD: ONE MORE NIGHT AT THE BARRICADES
HOT AND BOTHERED: FEMINIST PORNOGRAPHY
POPAGANDA: THE ART AND CRIMES OF RON ENGLISH
SIERRA LEONE'S REFUGEE ALL STARS
STOKED: THE RISE AND FALL OF GATOR
TAQWACORE: THE BIRTH OF PUNK ISLAM
THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED
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SIERRA LEONE'S REFUGEE ALL STARS
dir. Banker White and Zach Niles.
The plight of the refugee in today’s war-torn world is captured in the African proverb, “When two elephants are fighting, the grass will suffer.” So it was in Sierra Leone from 1991-2002, where the government and various rebel factions carried out a brutal civil war in which the terrorizing of civilians — by killing, mutilation, rape, and forced conscription — was common practice on all sides. The war sent hundreds of thousands of ordinary Sierra Leoneans fleeing to refugee camps in the neighboring West African nation of the Republic of Guinea. That’s where the remarkable documentary Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars begins.
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars are a band of six Sierra Leonean musicians who came together to form a band while living in a refugee camp in Guinea. Many of their family and friends were murdered in the war, leaving each of them with physical and emotional scars that may never heal. Despite the unimaginable horrors of civil war, they were saved and brought hope and happiness to their fellow refugees through their music.
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars chronicles the band over three years, from Guinean refugee camps back to war-ravaged Sierra Leone, where they realize the dream of recording their first studio album. And so begins a musical phenomenon that is making the world hear the voices of West Africa’s refugees – through the film Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars have been able to launch an international musical career, while drawing the accolades of Keith Richards, Paul McCartney, Ice Cube (one of the executive producers of the film), and Joe Perry.
Through their unflinching spirit, their powerful stories of survival and their joyful music Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars celebrate the best that is in all of us. As violent conflicts multiply around the globe and the worldwide refugee crisis deepens, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars is a humanizing ode to all the innocent survivors of war whose brutal realities are often dismissed by surface mass media sound bytes.
www.refugeeallstars.org
www.myspace.com/refugeeallstarsfilm
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=53887128
