Songs of War: Music as a Weapon

Songs of War: Music as a Weapon by Tristan Chytroschek

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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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Cast

Christopher Cerf

Christopher Cerf as Presenter

Thomas Keenan

Thomas Keenan as Human Rights Project, Bard College, New York

Chris Arendt

Chris Arendt as Former Guard, Guantanamo Bay

Herb Friedman

Herb Friedman as Psychological Operations Expert, US Army

Mike Ritz

Mike Ritz as Former Interrogator, US Army

Nathalie Gosselin

Nathalie Gosselin as Music Psychologist, Université de Montréal

Moazzam Begg

Moazzam Begg as Former Detainee, Guantanamo Bay And Bagram

Morag Josephine Grant

Morag Josephine Grant as Musicologist, University Of Göttingen

Mike Luce

Mike Luce as Drowning Pool

C.J. Pierce

C.J. Pierce as Drowning Pool

Vahan Simidian II

Vahan Simidian II as CEO, HPV Technologies

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