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Come
And Join Us For Freedom Week
Saturday, September
26th, 2009
"Call + Response" documentary +
Special Guest Speakers - 3-7pm
New York University,
Kimmel Center
Price: FREE
A
music documentary that explores the many faces
and forms of modern slavery and human
trafficking, incorporating special musical
performances by Moby and Five for Fighting,
undercover footage and interviews with
luminaries in the field.
The film will be preceded by special guest
speaker Ambassador Luis de Baca of the
U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and
Combat Trafficking in Persons. Also
speaking will be the film's director, Justin
Dillon and author Benjamin Skinner of
A Crime So Monstrous.
"harrowing...
a documentary with its heart and outrage in
the right place..."
Washington Post
...
"Call + Response" is a passionate
documentary on human trafficking ...
remarkably informative ... succeeds in its aim
to raise awareness of a genuinely disturbing
issue."
Variety
"vivid
and affecting...[a] call-to-action voice
against a worsening global scourge."
Los Angeles Times
"impassioned
. . .eye-opening" and "ignoring this
crisis is no longer an option."
Seattle Times
"Dillon's
approach is emotionally effective...Call +
Response...a harrowing and important
documentary"
Austin Chronicle
"Dillon
energetically combines studio performances
[and] interviews with activists... Cornel
West... is dramatically on target... as far as
concert documentaries for causes go,
"Call + Response" deserves
attention"
Chicago Tribune
"emotionally
passionate...a powerful and potentially
influential film, able to reach multiple
generations"
The North County Times
"a
film that chronicles the movement by musicians
and artists to both call attention to the
world's 27 million slaves...and to do
something about it."
San Francisco Chronicle
"...
a powerful film ... inviting the audience to
'open source' activism ... a powerful attempt
at representing the power and dignity in the
words and faces of the oppressed. It deserves
attention."
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