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"We Are Many" on Kickstarter kicks off with fantastic momentum!

November 14, 2011

Our documentary project We Are Many launched less than a week ago on Kickstarter has got off to a great start thanks to the TED Fellows spreading the word. Thank you!

Here's another mention for those who may have missed the post. Please take 6 mins to take a look at the trailer and help put it out there in your social media.

To capture the spirit and energy of the spectacular global Occupy movement Amirani Films has just launched a Kickstarter campaign for a major new documentary called We Are Many.

This is the trailer for the film

And this is the Kickstarter page

Like the film on Facebook

Follow the film on Twitter

And visit the film's website

 

Directed by Amir Amirani and Executive Produced by TED Senior Fellow Taghi Amirani, the film tells the remarkable story of the biggest protest in history which took place on February 15, 2003. The unprecdented  worldwide march againts the impedning invasion of Iraq failed to stop an illegal war based on mass deception. But it drew a new map for protests to come. What happened in Cairo's Tahrir Square during the Arab Spring, and the subsequent global Occupy Movement, have a direct link to what happened on February 15, 2003. A seismic shift took place, and we are only now beginning to understand its impact. 

If this movie project strikes a chord with you in any way please give it your support. Of course Kickstarter is all about crowdfunding and you can help in that way if you wish. But we need something more valuable than money; we need your help in reaching your communities. Your Twitter followers, Facebook friends, blog subscribers, website visitors, your mailing list, your real life friends and fanily..Please take a few minutes to share this post and the links below with your network. Share the TED Fellow love and see it reciprocated in ways you can't yet imagine!


TED Fellow and Kickstarter Co-Founder Perry Chen has started the ball rolling:

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Special thanks to Perry, Elisabeth Holm and their brilliant team at Kickstarter.
Now it's over to you.
 
 

Many thanks.

 

Taghi Amirani

TED Senior Fellow 2010

Amirani Films

@tagz23

 

 

 

 

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"The War You Don't See" - A Must See Documentary

December 26, 2010

Some of the world's leading star reporters from mainstream and highly influential networks come clean about their role in war reporting. "The War You Don't See" by John Pilger is an unflinching, powerful and timely documentary about the role of media in making wars like Iraq and Afghanistan possible. 

 

 

 

 

Taghi Amirani

TED Senior Fellow

@tagz23

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Good News, Good Film, Good Pitch, Good People

August 12, 2010

Good News

Our feature documentary We Are Many has just been selected as one of eight projects to be presented at The Good Pitch in London on 10th September 2010. The Good Pitch brings together inspiring social-purpose film projects and a group of expert participants from charities, foundations, brands and media to form powerful alliances around groundbreaking films.

Directed by Amir Amirani, We Are Many will tell the story of the biggest peace march in human history. On 15 February 2003, in over 800 cities around the world, 30 million people protested against the planned invasion of Iraq. In telling this remarkable story, the film will harness the passion and political energy of this phenomenal movement as a force for good in giving people a voice.

 

Good Film

You can see a 4-minute trailer for the film below

 

And a longer 8-minute version here. 

 

Good Pitch

The Good Pitch is just one of many fantastic initiatives run by the Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation, a new social entrepreneurship organisation bringing new thinking to public service delivery. This is what the good people of BRITDOC say: “Films are the best medium for changing hearts and minds and lives, by bringing stories and issues to the widest possible audiences. Films inspire people to engage and act. That’s why we broker relationships between Foundations, Charities, NGOs and Filmmakers.” Over the past three years BRITDOC have supported two projects at Amirani Films, and we love them for that. So a big shout out to Jess Search, Beadi Finzi, Maxyne Franklin, Elise McCave, Sarah Ross, Katie Bradford, Matt Jones and Sarah Mosses.

 

Good People

That’s you and your friends. Please help spread the word about We Are Many to as many people as you can. Come on board early and be part of the movement that gets the ball rolling on this important social action project. With your help we can make this film a catalyst for a global dialogue about the fundamental right of citizens to have their democratic voice heard when it comes to governments’ decision to go to war. Let’s put peace firmly on the agenda and ask: is a referendum before declaring war the only answer? Transparency and accountability must become the watchwords.

You can become a fan of the Facebook page, follow the film on Twitter, contribute to the content of the film’s website, blog and tweet about it. Even share your own story and perhaps take part in the documentary. If you have ideas for making this work we would love to hear from you. Whatever you do, however small, will make a difference. 

 

Wish Amir and his film luck on September 10th!

 

Thank you.

 

 

Taghi Amirani

TED Senior Fellow

@tagz23

@amiranifilms

Amirani Films


 

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Countdown To Zero with Tony Blair

February 13, 2010

OK, listen, I actually haven't yet seen Countdown To Zero, Jeff Skoll and Lawrence Bender's new documentary making a compelling and stylish case for nuclear disarmament. But judging from the impressive and heart-pounding trailer we were shown on the TED stage yesterday, I can say for sure if there's one thing more scary than the horror of nuclear annihilation it is the sight of Tony Blair in a documentary warning us about "rogue states" and the urgent need for removal of WMDs. 

I thought by coming from London to TED at Long Beach I could get away from British politicians for a few days. But no such luck. First David Cameron shows up live from the stage of The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) - a venue more used to actors pretending to be people they are not -  saying he's going to give power to the people. Then Blair appears in Countdown to Zero using words that sounded too much like banging the drums for war like he did at the recent Iraq Inquiry.

So, let me use this coincidence to announce Amir Amirani's new documentary project We Are Many. (Yes, he's my brother). 

See another side of Tony Blair in this documentary that is currently in development. Compare and contrast Blair's words now, to those in 2003. Listen to Brian Eno's words about Iraq's WMDs.

And if you believe in real people power, please join the website, support our film and spread the word. People stop wars, not politicians. Remember, We Are Many.

Taghi Amirani
TED Senior Fellow 2010

@tagz23            http://twitter.com/tagz23

PS Now I must hurry to catch Countdown to Zero. It looks like a compelling film; important, globally relevant and beautifully made, like most of the work that comes out of Participant Media. http://www.participantmedia.com/films/coming_soon/countdown_to_zero.php

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