I Know I'm Not Alone
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Actor: Michael FrantiBrand: WEA HOME VIDEO
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 86 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-07-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Epitaph / Wea
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- In 2004 Michael Franti decided to "walk his talk" and traveled to the war zones of Iraq, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. This wasn't a USO green zone sponsored visit 0 Franti and his team organized a trip that would take him to the core of the red-zoned, war torn neighborhoods of Baghdad, the West Bank and Gaza Strip armed with only a guitar, video cameras and the intent to ex
DVD Reviews of I Know I'm Not Alone
DVD Review: ME two!
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie should be seen by anyone about to join the military and go to war or participate in any occupation. Michael Franti wonders what one says to one's children the evening before a bombing campaign, and goes in search of musicians, poets, writers and others in Iraq who plead with America not to bomb their country and to stop the fighting and occupation. We first viewed this on LinkTV with an interview with Michael Franti himself and it's nice to know we're not alone. DVD Review: While consuming "aggressors" ' deeds...
Summary: 4 Stars
Really nice doco required a personal bravery and some financial gambling to produce while an artist traveled terrorist-infested zones of Iraq, the Palestinian Authority and frontier Israel.
What I like in this movie personally is depicting the surrounding as visualized and seen by a stranger to localities. What does not grasp my appreciation much is openly aired producer's own interpretation of historical facts, which prepared a viewer to particular conclusions in advance explicitly.
Nice music undisputedly as a nice idea of keeping peace worldwide was, to a reviewer's feeling, much spoiled with dilettante simplicity of complex affairs by a critic himself consuming the "aggressors" ` deeds either directly or indirectly.
DVD Review: Moving and excellent insights
Summary: 5 Stars
I used this DVD in my high school Middle Eastern Studies course. I found it to be an excellent insider look at the complexity of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. It's also a hopeful perspective. The students found it to be by far one of the best visuals I use.DVD Review: Outstanding documentary from one of the greatest musicians and poets on the planet
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a HUGE Michael Franti fan - I first saw him on the Reggae on the River dvd (another fantastic selection, by the way), and I've been hooked ever since. This is an artist who not only talks the talk but who walks the walk as well. His "Yell Fire" album is based on this trip to Iraq, Afghanistan and Israel/Palestine, and it is a powerful and emotional piece of work that will stand the test of time. This is an absolute must have; if you're even considering buying this (or anything else from Michael Franti), then I would suggest you just DO IT.DVD Review: Excellent film
Summary: 4 Stars
I think it's interesting how polarizing this film has become amongst reviewers.
I personally think it's an amazing film.
What "Bobby McGee", the Arab reviewer, said is correct: Franti doesn't dive all that deep into the culture of the region. However, I find that true for many of the other documentaries I've seen revolving around strife. For instance, "God Grew Tired of Us" (about the Sudanese lost children), "Sierra Leone's Refugee All-Stars" (about refugees from SL's genocide who formed a reggae band), and "Heavy Metal in Baghdad" (about the only Iraqi metal band, also featured in Franti's movie) all feature western filmmakers trying to make sense of horrible situations.
While I do find that Franti can be a bit earnest with his whole "Can't we all just get along?" mentality, he absolutely means well. He's not looking to change things right then and there, just understand why things are the way they are and then convey it to the rest of us sitting at home.
Franti gets full respect from me. It takes commitment to do what so many refuse to do: put their feet on the ground in Iraq, Israel, and the West Bank, and see for themselves what's going on. I mean, how many anti-Iraq War songs have been written? Tons. How many musicians have willing gone to the country itself and taken in first-hand experience? Not so many.
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In 2004 Michael Franti decided to 'walk his talk' and traveled to the war zones of Iraq, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. This wasn't a USO green zone sponsored visit - Franti and his team organized a trip that would take him to the core of the red-zoned, war torn neighborhoods of Baghdad, the West Bank and Gaza Strip armed with only a guitar, video cameras and the intent to experience first hand the human cost of war. Throughout his journey he shares his music with families, doctors, musicians, soldiers and everyday people who in turn reveal to him the often overlooked human cost of war. Out of this expedition, Franti has produced and directed a compelling documentary film titled I Know I'm Not Alone. With its guerrilla style footage captured in active war zones, the documentary is unlike the many academic and politically driven pieces in the marketplace, instead offering the audience a sense of intimate travel and the opportunity to hear the voices of everyday people living, creating and surviving under the harsh conditions of war and occupation.General DVDs
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