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CALL+RESPONSE
CALL+RESPONSE is a first of its kind feature documentary film that reveals the world’s 27 million dirtiest secrets: there are more slaves today than ever before in human history. CALL+RESPONSE goes deep undercover where slavery is thriving from the child brothels of Cambodia to the slave brick kilns of rural India to reveal that in 2007, Slave Traders made more money than Google, Nike and Starbucks combined.
Luminaries on the issue such as Cornel West, Madeleine Albright, Daryl Hannah, Julia Ormond, Ashley Judd, Nicholas Kristof, and many other prominent political and cultural figures offer first hand account of this 21st century trade. Performances from Grammy-winning and critically acclaimed artists including Moby, Natasha Bedingfield, Cold War Kids, Matisyahu, Imogen Heap, Talib Kweli, Five For Fighting, Switchfoot, members of Nickel Creek and Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers, Rocco Deluca move this chilling information into inspiration for stopping it.
Music is part of the movement against human slavery. Dr. Cornel West connects the music of the American slave fields to the popular music we listen to today, and offers this connection as a rallying cry for the modern abolitionist movement currently brewing.
There is a sea of change happening in human rights activism. The world’s issues cannot be solved alone by governments and non-profits, but require community-based participation. As a feature film, CALL+RESPONSE has the unique position of being not only a ground-breaking genre-bending film, but due to the fact that this project was funded completely through donations, it operates as a powerful movement with 100% of profits going to fund global field projects on the front lines of this issue.
CALL+RESPONSE is creating interactive field projects for each aspect of human slavery: sex slavery, labor slavery, child soldiers and child slavery. All profits from the use of the film, dvd, soundtrack, itunes downloads will be directed, by the viewers, to these projects with clear start and finish points (ie a landrover for a child soldier rehab camp, sewing machines for a after-care training facility). Our goal is to fund and celebrate completed projects together in community. We are closing the loop by allowing viewers to become participants in the solution.
persepolis
persepolis
Persepolis (2007)
Directors:
Vincent Paronnaud
Marjane Satrapi
Writers:
Vincent Paronnaud (screenplay)
Marjane Satrapi (comic & screenplay)
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In Bruges
in Bruges
In Bruges (2008)
Director:
Martin McDonagh
Writer:
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vicky christina barcelona
vicky christina barcelona
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Director:
Woody Allen
Writer (WGA):
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wall-e
walle
WALL·E (2008)
Director:
Andrew Stanton
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Hancock
Hancock (2008)
hancock
Director:
Peter Berg
Writers:
Vincent Ngo (written by) and
Vince Gilligan (written by)
** out of 5, yes ok that’s entertainment, but that is not enough
burn after reading
Burn After Reading (2008)
burn after reading
Directors:
Ethan Coen
Joel Coen
Writers (WGA):
Joel Coen (written by) &
Ethan Coen (written by)
**** out of 5, nowadays it is not so easy to have a good comedy
A Fei zheng chuan
days of being wild
Days of Being Wild (1990)
Director:
Kar Wai Wong
Writer:
Kar Wai Wong (writer)
*** out of 5
Immortel (ad vitam)
Monster
monster
*** out of 5,a terrible story, a good performance
Director:
Patty Jenkins
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