Call and Response

I love documentaries.

I love them because they tell real stories. The human story is one of incredibly ebbs and flows, ups and downs...why do we need to fabricate drama?



Call and Response is a documentary about slavery, told through many people's stories and some amazing music from some amazing musicians. (The full description of the movie through an editor's words are at the bottom of this blog.)

I have been talking with my middle school students recently about what it means to care for the "least of these" and fight for the rights of others. It has been amazing to see them rise and do their best to understand and love people throughout the world with compassion.

I want this movie to come to Indianapolis for lots of reasons. But the biggest, is that I want it to come here so I can take my students and have them not only experience some of the most talented musicians currently in the field, but be educated and empowered. Please take a moment and request it come to Indianapolis. Just send an e mail to info@callandresponse.com

Proverbs 31:8-9 (New International Version)

8 "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
for the rights of all who are destitute.

9 Speak up and judge fairly;
defend the rights of the poor and needy."



peace.

CALL+RESPONSE is a first of its kind feature documentary film that reveals the world’s 27 million dirtiest secrets: there are more slaves today than ever before in human history. CALL+RESPONSE goes deep undercover where slavery is thriving from the child brothels of Cambodia to the slave brick kilns of rural India to reveal that in 2007, Slave Traders made more money than Google, Nike and Starbucks combined.

Luminaries on the issue such as Cornel West, Madeleine Albright, Daryl Hannah, Julia Ormond, Ashley Judd, Nicholas Kristof, and many other prominent political and cultural figures offer first hand account of this 21st century trade. Performances from Grammy-winning and critically acclaimed artists including Moby, Natasha Bedingfield, Cold War Kids, Matisyahu, Imogen Heap, Talib Kweli, Five For Fighting, Switchfoot, members of Nickel Creek and Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers, Rocco Deluca move this chilling information into inspiration for stopping it.

Music is part of the movement against human slavery. Dr. Cornel West connects the music of the American slave fields to the popular music we listen to today, and offers this connection as a rallying cry for the modern abolitionist movement currently brewing.