Songs of War: Music as a Weapon

Songs of War: Music as a Weapon

2010
52m
6.2

6.2/10

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Documentary

"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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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
A&O Buero ZDF ARTE
Production Countries
Germany
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

guantanamo bay torture

Quick Facts

Release Date February 25, 2010
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt2050620

Cast

Christopher Cerf
Christopher Cerf

Presenter

Thomas Keenan
Thomas Keenan

Human Rights Project, Bard College, New York

Chris Arendt
Chris Arendt

Former Guard, Guantanamo Bay

Herb Friedman
Herb Friedman

Psychological Operations Expert, US Army

Mike Ritz
Mike Ritz

Former Interrogator, US Army

Nathalie Gosselin
Nathalie Gosselin

Music Psychologist, Université de Montréal

Moazzam Begg
Moazzam Begg

Former Detainee, Guantanamo Bay And Bagram

Morag Josephine Grant
Morag Josephine Grant

Musicologist, University Of Göttingen

Mike Luce
Mike Luce

Drowning Pool

C.J. Pierce
C.J. Pierce

Drowning Pool

Vahan Simidian II
Vahan Simidian II

CEO, HPV Technologies

Key Crew

Tristan Chytroschek
Director