Entries from TED Blog tagged with 'Pangea Day'
30 April 2009
Final day to vote for TED.com to win some Webbies
It's the final day to vote for TED.com and Pangea Day in the Webby People's Voice Awards. TED has been nominated in 3 categories for 2009. TED.com is in the running for Best Use of Video or Moving Image and Podcasts. And a 2008 TED Prize project, Pangea Day, is nominated in the Movie and Film category. Pangea Day is the progeny of TED Prize and Razorfish Inc., maintaining a site alive with amazing short films, documentaries and performances.
In 2008, TED won 3 Webby Awards. Let's keep our fingers crossed for another clean sweep ...
15 April 2009
TED nominated for 3 Webby Awards!
The Webbies are here again and TED has been nominated in 3 categories for 2009. TED.com is in the running for Best Use of Video or Moving Image and Podcasts. The third nomination is for Pangea Day in the Movie and Film category. Pangea Day is the progeny of TED Prize and Razorfish Inc., maintaining a site alive with amazing short films, documentaries and performances.
In 2008, TED was nominated for and won 3 Webby Awards. Let's keep our fingers crossed for another clean sweep.
20 January 2009
To watch today: The Anthem Project
It's Inauguration Day in the US -- and a great day to revisit the Anthem Project from Pangea Day. In these wonderful videos, choirs from one country sing the national anthem of another, with surprisingly powerful effects. Below, watch a choir from the US sing the national anthem of Mexico:
Browse the Anthems playlist on Pangea Day's YouTube channel for more.
05 June 2008
The psychology of forgiveness
The TED.com staff's favorite psychology research blog, the BPS Research Digest, reports on a study on forgiveness from the University of Sussex and the New School for Social Research. The study examines how groups which have committed atrocious acts against one another come to break the cycle of resentment and forgive.
[The researchers] surveyed 180 Bosnian Muslims about their attitudes towards Bosnian Serbs in the wake of the earlier conflict. They found that Bosnian Muslims who had more Serb friends and who identified more with a sense of being "Bosnian," rather than "Bosnian Muslim" or "Bosniak," also tended to show more empathy for Serbs as a group, to be more trusting of Serbs, and to see Serbs as more varied -- all of which predicted greater levels of forgiveness and more positive attitudes towards the Serbs.
This pattern is consistent with what's known as the "contact hypothesis" in social psychology, which states that more high quality contact between groups promotes intergroup reconciliation.
A pertinent find in the weeks following Pangea Day -- and the beginning of new initiatives by other TEDPrize winners.
(Photo credit: Marla Aufmuth)
05 June 2008
Rokia Traore sings "Kounandi" on TED.com
Singer-songwriter Rokia Traoré performs "Kounandi," a breathtaking song that blends Malian instruments with a modern, heartfelt vocal. Please note: This song is not available for download. (Recorded June 2007 in Arusha, Tanzania. Duration: 6:26.)
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10 May 2008
More pics from Pangea Day
The audience in Cairo:
Audience at Mumbai:
From the audience in LA taking a picture:
Photo: Marla Aufmuth
Hypernova performing in LA:
Photo: Marla Aufmuth
Jonathan Harris in L.A.:
Photo: Marla Aufmuth
Audience in L.A.:
A crowd shot at Rio:
Rokia Traore performing in London:
The crowd outside Somerset House, London:
The crowd in Kigali laughing with Dr. Kataria:
Drummers in Kigali:
Dancers in Kigali:
10 May 2008
How to throw a Pangea Day party -- in Shanghai
Panthea Lee and Dan Shemie write from Shanghai:
So after weeks of plotting, scheming and ceaseless fretting, our Friends of Pangea Day event in Shanghai has gone off without a hitch. For those unfamiliar with the situation, a brief explanation: the Chinese government has launched a serious crackdown on cultural events in the lead-up to the Beijing Olympics. Case in point: two weeks ago, exactly one week before the event was scheduled to begin, the government announced that it was cancelling China's largest music festival this year. The 'official' reason? Local police would not be able to provide adequate security for the event. The real reason? Government anxiety surrounding current pro-Tibet sentiments worldwide.
As such, putting on a film event in China -- especially as the content was not known beforehand -- is tricky business. No venues would touch it (we finally got an artists' warehouse in an industrial zone in south Shanghai), trying to figure out how to get a secure internet connection caused many sleepless nights (The Panopticon's Great Firewall is the bane of our existence), we had to keep our events out of Chinese media (we told all Chinese journalists it was a private event to cover ourselves and make sure there were no repercussions after), and we had plans b, c, d, e and f in place for the 4-hour broadcast. We tried rerouting our connection through the US, were considering a Hong Kong option as well; had dealt with StarWorld Asia (a Pangea Day broadcaster in Asia) but with little luck; had techies in Vancouver helping us out; had Slipbox hook-ups in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal -- basically, everything we could think of. Last minute (two hours before the global broadcast started), we got an illegal satellite connection to the Philippines, with a link to StarWorld. Praise be.
So yeah, it's been a ride. We have learned more about computers than we could have ever imagined learning in a three-day period, but the result was worth it. We held an 8-hour marathon showcasing local filmmakers -- there is no forum for Chinese filmmakers to show their work here, due to government regulation, as such we felt this was especially important -- prior to the 4-hour broadcast we're all seeing now. In total, we've got a 12-hour marathon. We've had roughly 1000 people come through our dingy little warehouse space, and we're loving being able to participate in the global phenomenon.
So cheers from Shanghai -- despite all the barriers, we're seeing Pangea Day, along with all of you, in China.
Two very exhausted, but very relieved, organizers,
Panthea Lee and Dan Shemie
10 May 2008
Pangea Day is now!
We're one hour into the four-hour broadcast of Pangea Day. Follow the show live on PangeaDay.org -- and follow the action on the hopping Pangea Day Blog below the video window, with live updates and commenting!
Photo: Marla Aufmuth
10 May 2008
1 hour to Pangea Day!
It's less than an hour until Pangea Day, the global celebration of the power of film to unite the world. Right now, here in LA, the stage is quiet (above) -- but at 18:00 GMT this stage and five others around the world will be full of people and music and amazing films. Watch it on TV or live, or join us online at PangeaDay.org, or follow the events on your mobile phone or live on the Pangea Day Blog. Happy Pangea Day!
Photo: Marla Aufmuth
09 May 2008
Pangea Day: 5 films win grants from Participant Productions
(Above: Scenes from the filmmakers' reception Thursday night in Los Angeles. We were asked: "Raise your hand if you came from outside the United States to be here.")
Last night in Los Angeles, Participant Productions honored 5 films from around the world by giving their filmmakers $5,000 grants. The grants are awarded by Participant, makers of Charlie Wilson's War and the new Standard Operating Procedure and other amazing films, as part of its Outstanding Filmmakers Awards Program. Learn more about the 5 grant winners -- each film links to a page on PangeaDay.org >>
From Africa, DEAR MANDELA (documentary) by Dara Kell and Christopher Nizza (South Africa)
From Asia/Australia, I REMEMBER LEBANON (documentary) by Zeina Aboul Hosn (Lebanon)
From Europe, MY MOTHER’S DAUGHTER (documentary) by Saleyha Ashan (UK); pictured left.
From North America, MOVING WINDMILLS (documentary) by Ari Kushnir (US)
From South America, PAPIROFLEXIA (animated) by Joaquin Baldwin (Paraguay)
08 May 2008
Who's blogging from Pangea Day?
(Above: a scene from Thursday's tech rehearsal on the Pangea Day set)
UPDATED: You can follow news from Pangea Day on the Pangea Day Blog -- and get updates from bloggers at screenings and viewing parties around the world. If you're going to be blogging Pangea Day as well, write to us with the subject line "Blogging Pangea Day" and we'll add you to the list!
Hosting Pangea Day events and blogging:
+ At the Ammarin Bedouin Camp in Beidha/Petra
+ Pangea Day Dharavi/Mumbai
+ A New York City screening hosted by the Acumen Fund
+ Friends of Pangea Day Vancouver
+ Pangea Day Cambridge UK
+ Pangea Day Milano
+ At Wide Awake Living
+ Jack Hidary
+ Na Lua Nova will blog in Portuguese (from a birthday party!)
07 May 2008
Pangea Day bloggers touch down in Mumbai, Rio, LA
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Pangea Day bloggers are on the ground at the 6 live broadcast locations around the world, and reports are starting to come in.
Reporting from Rio de Janeiro, Saralena and Claire write,
We just touched down after an overnight journey from New York City -- and are completely struck by the beauty of the city. A meeting with the Pangea Day team in Rio proved that we are more than ready to have a fantastic celebration on Saturday.
The event will be at the top of Morro da Urca. The only way to get there is by a cable car (see pic, left) that can carry no more than 100 people at a time. During the hours it will take the cable car to carry the 1500+ attendees to the top, some amazing pre-show entertainment is planned -- including screenings by the Nosdomorro Film School (a Favela Cinema organization), dance performances, and musicians.
Meanwhile, Tom in Mumbai writes,
After the 15-hour flight, Virginia and I have arrived in Mumbai. It's the perfect Indian city for Pangea Day -- huge, diverse, and rapidly changing. Over the week we'll be promoting the event, encouraging the press to participate, and capturing many of the Friends of Pangea Day events.
Our friends the KaosPilots are organising an event in Dharavi, one of the largest slums in Asia. This is a real example of how Pangea Day is including an audience that wouldn't otherwise get to participate. (See more details of the Dharavi initiative here.)
And from Virginia, also in Mumbai:
We arrived last night, exhausted and exhilarated by our wild taxi ride through Mumbai. It felt like I'd fallen right into a Rushdie novel. I can't wait to learn more about this amazing city that is so completely new.
This morning we're looking out onto the Arabian Sea talking with Katie, "Decibel" Dave, and Yeshish about spreading the word about Pangea Day over the next three days. We're excited to reach out to local organizations and filmmakers to fill up the seats and make Mumbai '08 a lively event.
Meanwhile, our Los Angeles team sends this photo from the Sony soundstage in progress (left). See more photos from LA on OVI.com/pangeaday and look for lots more news from LA in the days to come, including reports from the May 9 filmmaker retreat, where 100 filmmakers from around the world will meet to talk about their art.
Check the Pangea Day Blog for frequent updates from Cairo, LA, Kigali, and London. (And if you're participating in any pre-Pangea Day activities, let us know at blog@pangeaday.org!)
03 May 2008
Italy plays Tibet: A fan video from Pangea Day Milano
It's only a week now until Pangea Day -- the worldwide festival of film, ideas and music, happening simultaneously around the globe on May 10. Thousands of locally hosted events worldwide will share the program, and if you're in Milan, you're invited to join the local viewing party hosted by Pangea Day Milano -- see their webpage for details (in Italian). These Friends of Pangea Day have also made their own anthem video, in tribute to the "Imagine" anthem project that's part of the Pangea Day program. Check out these Italian horn players taking on the national anthem of Tibet! We found out about this fan video on pangeadaymilano's Twitter feed.
Watch "Italy plays Tibet" >>
27 April 2008
Two weeks until Pangea Day!
On Saturday, May 10, 2008 -– Pangea Day -– join the world for four hours of amazing short films, visionary speakers and great music.
Pangea Day is a celebration of the power of film to unite us all. You'll see films that are funny -- sad -- gorgeous -- stark -- powerful. Voices that have never been heard before. Things you've never seen. Scenes from worlds you've never been to. A cross-section of our amazing, complicated, noisy, beautiful world.
And once you've lived inside so many other heads, we hope, you'll be moved to act. To become involved in a pressing issue -- to share your own video or photos -- to join a discussion that might move the world a bit further toward understanding.
Find out how to watch Pangea Day -- on TV, at a local party, in a digital cinema or online. You can even keep track of the day on your mobile phone.
Host a Friends of Pangea Day party: More than 1,000 locally planned events -- in homes, theaters, clubs and parks -- will screen Pangea Day. Check our Google Map to find a party near you or to sign up to host one.
07 April 2008
Pangea Day: film as passport, translator, olive branch
Can film erase borders? The people of Japan, Australia, Kenya and France sing the national anthems of Turkey, Lebanon, India and the United States in the latest sampling of inspiring -- if subversive -- videos released by Pangea Day. The series was produced by creative agency Johannes Leonardo.
Could this provoke peace? Watch Kenya sing for India, and decide for yourself:
05 March 2008
Host a party on Pangea Day, May 10
Pangea Day's Saralena Weinfield writes: With two months until May 10, planning for Pangea Day is in full swing. And we are still glowing from the wonderful reception we received at TED!
We hope you'll get involved by hosting a viewing party on Pangea Day. You'll be in good company: People all around the world are becoming Friends of Pangea Day by hosting events. Register your event today at www.pangeaday.org/events.php.
Don't watch alone! As Goldie Hawn said at TED last week: "We will see ourselves in these films. Let's weave a web of compassion."
28 February 2008
Watch the new Pangea Day video here
What would it be like to see life through someone else's eyes? Film provides that opportunity. Watch the powerful new Pangea Day trailer, on YouTube, and share with your family and friends.
This film is part of Pangea Day, May 10, 2008 -- a four-hour film festival happening all around the world. It grew from the TED Prize wish of 2006 winner Jehane Noujaim.
Visit PangeaDay.org to find out how to join in >>
11 February 2008
Four days left to submit your film for Pangea Day!
In the past few weeks, Pangea Day has received more than 1,200 film submissions from filmmakers in 40 countries, and the films keep on coming! There are four days left until submissions close on February 15 -- still time for you to submit your film and tell your story to the world on Pangea Day, May 10, 2008.
To submit to Pangea Day, register your film at PangeaDay.org or WithoutaBox.com. Then, you may upload your film to YouTube, or mail it to us:
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Visit PangeaDay.org to find out more ways to get involved -- by hosting an event or joining others to share in this global film festival.
31 January 2008
Pangea Day: Hear Jehane Noujaim on NPR
Pangea Day -- the global film festival, happening May 10, 2008 -- comes from a wish made by filmmaker Jehane Noujaim, who won the TED Prize in 2006. Listen to Jehane talk about her vision for the festival, which is taking busily taking shape now.
And it's not too late to submit your film for the February 15, 2008, deadline! Submit a film. Share a story. The world will be watching. Find out here how to submit your short film or video >>
29 December 2007
Submit your film or video for Pangea Day
Hoping to submit your short film or video for Pangea Day? There's still a month and a half before the deadline -- plenty of time to get familiar with your new videocamera. From the Pangea Day site:
As you plan your film, try to imagine millions of people in different countries gathered around in the flickering light, waiting in hushed silence for your tale to start. What story will you tell? What images will you show them?
Submit a film. Share a story. The world will be watching. Deadline for submission is February 15, 2008. Find out here how to submit your short film or video >>
Then on May 10, 2008 -– Pangea Day -– join the worldwide film festival! Screens in Cairo, Dharamsala, Kigali, London, New York City, Ramallah, Rio de Janeiro and Tel Aviv will be videoconferenced live to produce a 4-hour program of powerful short film and video, visionary speakers and great music.
21 December 2007
Pangea Day trailer: Now in 20 languages
On May 10, 2008 -– Pangea Day -– we're throwing a worldwide film festival. Screens in Cairo, Dharamsala, Kigali, London, New York City, Ramallah, Rio de Janeiro and Tel Aviv will be videoconferenced live to produce a 4-hour program of powerful short films, visionary speakers, and uplifting music. Pangea Day grew out of the wish of 2006 TED Prize winner Jehane Noujaim, who made her wish to "unite the world through the power of film."
Watch the trailer now -- with subtitles in 20 languages! Working with dotSUB, a web-based translation tool, you can choose subtitles in Arabic, French, Chinese, German, Hindi, Korean ... and register on dotSUB to translate it into even more languages.
Pangea Day taps the power of film to strengthen tolerance and compassion, while uniting millions of people to build a better future. There are many ways to get involved:
Submit your own short film
If you had the world's attention for just a few minutes, what story would you tell? On May 10, 2008, the opportunity is yours. Submit a film. Share a story. The world will be watching. Deadline for submission: Feb. 15, 2008. Find out how to submit your short film >>
Host a screening
People are signing up to host screenings all over the world -- in homes, parks, schools, and more. More than 200 screenings in 46 countries are listed on our Google Map, and we've just begun! Sign up to host a screening >>
04 December 2007
Nokia and Pangea Day combine efforts, to connect people around the world through film
At Nokia World in Nokia today announced its global partnership with Pangea Day, a unique event that will bring together millions of people around the world through the power of film on May 10, 2008.
Pangea Day will be broadcast globally to millions on television, in digital theaters, online and via mobile devices. It will be a live 4-hour program of powerful films, visionary speakers, and uplifting music. The goal of Pangea Day is to create greater understanding among different people and cultures, and to form a global community focused on improving the future for all people.
"From the earliest days of movies, film has had the power to bring people together. But today, Internet technology is allowing film to bring together not only neighbors, but an entire global community," said Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, Nokia president and CEO (pictured at right). "Nokia is proud to work with Pangea Day as we embark on this important shared mission of connecting people across the globe."
For many people today, especially in developing markets, the mobile phone is providing their first Internet experience.
"Perhaps Nokia's greatest contribution to Pangea Day is the ability of our technology to give a voice to people who previously were unable to take part in the global community that is the Internet," Kallasvuo said. "By integrating the power of wireless technology into Pangea Day, we can help it meet its goal of bringing together people from around the world."
Nokia and Pangea Day will work with aspiring filmmakers in disadvantaged areas and conflict zones to make it possible for their stories to also be told. By distributing video-enabled mobile devices to these filmmakers, their works can be captured and shared globally, demonstrating how wireless technology can not only provide a platform for people of diverse backgrounds to express themselves, but also to bring them together.
"Pangea Day was created by TED Prize winner Jehane Noujaim. One of the core goals of the TED Prize is to recognize a new generation of global citizens," says Chris Anderson, Curator of TED. "Jehane's work has shown how powerfully film can help us understand and connect with other people.
For more information on Pangea Day, visit www.pangeaday.org.
About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. Nokia makes a wide range of mobile devices and provides people with experiences in music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games and business mobility through these devices. Nokia also provides equipment, solutions and services for communications networks.
14 September 2007
10 May 2008: Pangea Day
When she was awarded the 2006 TED Prize, filmmaker Jehane Noujaim expressed a wish: a global acceptance of diversity, mediated through the power of film. (Watch her speech.)
The project is taking off, and its ambition level is spectacular. On May 10, 2008, Pangea Day, sites in New York City, Rio, London, Dharamsala, Cairo, Jerusalem, and Kigali will be video-conferenced live to produce a 4-hour program of powerful films, supplemented by visionary speakers, and global musicians.
The purpose: to use the power of film to promote better understanding of our common humanity. A global audience will watch through the Internet, television, digital cinemas, and mobile phones. Yes, of course, movies alone can’t change the world. But the people who watch them can.
To start the process, a short Pangea Day trailer (2:30 min) has just been given front-page exposure on YouTube, inviting anyone to submit their films. Pangea is seeking films "that provoke, entertain and inspire". "Images are powerful to divide, but also to unite", says the trailer. Here it is:
25 July 2006
TEDPrize winner Jehane Noujaim on TEDTalks
TEDPrize winner Jehane Noujaim is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, responsible for Startup.com and the gutsy, controversial documentary Control Room. Two weeks before the U.S. invasion in Iraq, Jehane went to Qatar, gained access to both Al Jazeera and the U.S. military's Central Command offices, and caught the onset and outbreak of the Iraqi war on film. The result, "Control Room," lays out the divergent ways the war was reported by the Arabs and the West.
In this talk, she unveils her TEDPrize wish: to bring the world together for one day a year through the power of film. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 26:22)
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18 April 2006
TEDPrize Winner Jehane Noujaim's Breakout Star
Josh Rushing, the American star of 2006 TEDPrize winner Jehane Noujaim's documentary Control Room has gone and done something very unexpected: he quit the U.S. Military after 14 years to join the English language Al-Jazeera International news station as on-air talent. As you may recall from the film, former marine Rushing, one of the U.S. media spokespersons for the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, started off the film spouting the American party line, but grew over the course of the documentary into a much more complicated and sympathetic figure. Fast Company magazine describes in their cover story how many Americans view him as an idiot, or worse a traitor. Find out why Rushing hopes that Al Jazeera International could help repair America's image not only in the Arab world, but worldwide. In viewing the film, you can see how Rushing was quite affected by his relationship with Al Jazeera reporters; there's no question that appearing in Control Room literally changed his life.
27 March 2006
Pangea Cinema: A wish in progress
When Jehane made her TED Prize wish to bring the world together for one day a year through the power of film, we decided the only way to do it was to really do it, in a big, noticeable way. We partnered with Steve Apkon of the Jacob Burns Film Center, America's most successful non-profit cultural arts center, who came up with a plan to pull this off, and concluded that it will cost US$10 million over 5 years. How to raise the money? Individuals can fund the roll-out of this wish in any country on the planet by becoming a Goodwill Ambassador to that country; the cost is proportionate to the population. Thanks to TEDster Richard Fox and his team at Pinstripe Media, we have a temporary Pangea Cinema site up, with details and costs of sponsoring each country. If you're interested in funding a piece of this wish, email amy(at)ted(dot)com.
14 October 2005
TED Prize Winner: Jehane Noujaim
Jehane Noujaim is the gutsy filmmaker behind Control Room, the controversial documentary following events at Al Jazeera — the largest Arab news network — from the onset of the Iraq war. Jehane left for Qatar two weeks before the US invasion and gained access to both Al Jazeera and the US Military's Central Command. She also produced and directed the award-winning film, Startup.com. Jehane is on a mission to uncover cultural truths, and she's looking for ideas for her next documentary. We suspect the TED community will have some thoughts on this TED Prize wish ...
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