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Songs of War: Music as a Weapon (2010)

ALL 02/25/2010 (en) Documentary 52 Min
  • Release
    02/25/2010
  • Production
    A&O Buero, ZDF, ARTE
  • Rotten tomato
    75%
  • Original title
    Songs of War: Music as a Weapon
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
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Music is a Weapon

Overview

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.

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  1. Christopher Cerf

    Presenter

  2. Thomas Keenan

    Human Rights Project, Bard College, New York

  3. Chris Arendt

    Former Guard, Guantanamo Bay

  4. Herb Friedman

    Psychological Operations Expert, US Army

  5. Mike Ritz

    Former Interrogator, US Army

  6. Nathalie Gosselin

    Music Psychologist, Université de Montréal

  7. Moazzam Begg

    Former Detainee, Guantanamo Bay And Bagram

  8. Morag Josephine Grant

    Musicologist, University Of Göttingen

  9. Mike Luce

    Drowning Pool

  10. C.J. Pierce

    Drowning Pool

  11. Vahan Simidian II

    CEO, HPV Technologies

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Casts : 11 , Crews : 13

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Songs of War: Music as a Weapon (2010) 52 Min

ALL 02/25/2010 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 02/25/2010
  • Production
    A&O Buero, ZDF, ARTE
  • Original title Songs of War: Music as a Weapon
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Music is a Weapon

Overview

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.

  1. Tristan Chytroschek

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Karl-Heinz Satzger, Norik Stepanjan

    Editor

  4. Producer



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