Saturday, July 21, 2007
RFK, Jr. Telling it Like it Is at Live Earth
Wow! Here is Robert Kennedy, Jr. telling it like it is at live earth! I haven't heard such a direct and honest speech in such a long time...it's refreshing! Kennedy says that collective political action is even more important than our sole individual efforts to recycle and use more energy efficient light bulbs.
Why isn't this guy running for president?
Madonna Sings, "Hey, you, don't give up!" at Live Earth
Here is Madonna's official video for Live Earth. The Live Earth concert didn't really get as much press in New York as I thought it would. It was only on page ten in the NY Times the next day. I don't know anyone who went, but I spent all day watching it on TV and I definitely notice that I am a little more conscious now and I'm trying to be more green. I unplug my cellphone charger now (Thanks, Petra!), and I even ran back to the car the other day to get my reusable shopping bags. Geeky, I know. Not much. Maybe, but it's a start. I definitely do think more now about how my every day actions will effect the planet. I suppose that was the whole point.
New Documentary on the Genocide in Darfur
The Devil Came on Horseback - trailer
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Can one man make a difference? Former US Marine Captain Brian Steidle hopes so. When he first signs on as an unarmed military observer for the African Union, he is largely motivated by money. Yet, his intentions change dramatically when he makes a life-altering decision to transfer to the strife-ridden Western Sudanese region of Darfur. Armed with nothing more than a still camera, he becomes a singular outside witness to what many call a genocide—a conflict that has displaced 2.5 million people and claimed 400,000 lives. At first, Steidle can hardly register the horror that surrounds him, but he perseveres with his mission nonetheless, using his camera to document the atrocities. He recognizes the need for the world to see, and boldly smuggles his photographs out, inciting media frenzy when they appear in the Op-Ed section of The New York Times. But is this enough to make a difference? Unlike the Rwandan tragedy of 1994, the genocide in Darfur drags on, turning the beautiful mountainous Sudanese terrain into a landscape of murder and neglect. From Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern comes this astonishingly devastating film that journeys from Darfur to the United States, following the transformation of a soldier into an activist.
-Sky Sitney
from (http://silverdocs.com/festival/films/devil-came-horseback/)
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Can one man make a difference? Former US Marine Captain Brian Steidle hopes so. When he first signs on as an unarmed military observer for the African Union, he is largely motivated by money. Yet, his intentions change dramatically when he makes a life-altering decision to transfer to the strife-ridden Western Sudanese region of Darfur. Armed with nothing more than a still camera, he becomes a singular outside witness to what many call a genocide—a conflict that has displaced 2.5 million people and claimed 400,000 lives. At first, Steidle can hardly register the horror that surrounds him, but he perseveres with his mission nonetheless, using his camera to document the atrocities. He recognizes the need for the world to see, and boldly smuggles his photographs out, inciting media frenzy when they appear in the Op-Ed section of The New York Times. But is this enough to make a difference? Unlike the Rwandan tragedy of 1994, the genocide in Darfur drags on, turning the beautiful mountainous Sudanese terrain into a landscape of murder and neglect. From Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern comes this astonishingly devastating film that journeys from Darfur to the United States, following the transformation of a soldier into an activist.
-Sky Sitney
from (http://silverdocs.com/festival/films/devil-came-horseback/)
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