Songs of War: Music as a Weapon

Songs of War: Music as a Weapon2010

Directed by Tristan Chytroschek

Music is a Weapon

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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Christopher Cerf - PresenterThomas Keenan - Human Rights Project, Bard College, New YorkChris Arendt - Former Guard, Guantanamo BayHerb Friedman - Psychological Operations Expert, US ArmyMike Ritz - Former Interrogator, US ArmyNathalie Gosselin - Music Psychologist, Université de MontréalMoazzam Begg - Former Detainee, Guantanamo Bay And BagramMorag Josephine Grant - Musicologist, University Of GöttingenMike Luce - Drowning PoolC.J. Pierce - Drowning Pool
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