CinemaOSMovie · 2010 · 0h 52m

Songs of War: Music as a Weapon

Music is a Weapon

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Music elates, touches the soul and bypasses reason. Music is magic. But precisely this magic can turn it into an insidious weapon for music and violence belong together. The brutal power of African war dances, the ferocity of Maori Hakas, the earth-shattering roar of US sound guns blasting Metallica at Taliban hideouts the principle is always the same: Aggressive sounds demoralise the enemy and whip the allies into a frenzy. In Songs of War, director Tristan Chytroschek explores the extraordinary harmony between music and violence. Sesame Street composer, Christopher Cerf, always wanted his music to be fun and entertaining. But then he learned that his songs had been used to torture prisoners in Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. He is stunned by this abuse of his work and wants to find out how this could happen.

Directed byTristan Chytroschek

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 52m
Language
EN
Released
February 25, 2010
Studios
A&O BueroZDFARTE

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

Christopher Cerf

Presenter

Thomas Keenan

Human Rights Project, Bard College, New York

Chris Arendt

Former Guard, Guantanamo Bay

Herb Friedman

Psychological Operations Expert, US Army

Mike Ritz

Former Interrogator, US Army

Nathalie Gosselin

Music Psychologist, Université de Montréal

Moazzam Begg

Former Detainee, Guantanamo Bay And Bagram

Morag Josephine Grant

Musicologist, University Of Göttingen

Mike Luce

Mike Luce

Drowning Pool

C.J. Pierce

C.J. Pierce

Drowning Pool

Creative team
Directed by
Tristan Chytroschek

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