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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.23,0:00:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't help but this wish:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.58,0:00:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think about when you're a little kid,\Nand all your friends ask you,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.04,0:00:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If a genie could give you\None wish in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.65,0:00:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what would it be?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.18,0:00:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I always answered,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.60,0:00:12.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, I'd want the wish
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.93,0:00:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have the wisdom to know\Nexactly what to wish for."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.77,0:00:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, then you'd be screwed,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.15,0:00:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you'd know what to wish for,\Nand you'd use up your wish,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.19,0:00:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now, since we only have one wish --\Nunlike last year they had three wishes --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.03,0:00:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to wish for that.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.54,0:00:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's get to what I would like,\Nwhich is world peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.57,0:00:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know what you're thinking:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.63,0:00:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're thinking, "The poor girl up there,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.61,0:00:37.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she thinks she's at a beauty pageant.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.42,0:00:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's not. She's at the TED Prize."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.69,0:00:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.82,0:00:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I really do think it makes sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.24,0:00:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that\Nthe first step to world peace
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.86,0:00:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is for people to meet each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.71,0:00:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've met a lot of different\Npeople over the years,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.22,0:00:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've filmed some of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.64,0:00:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a dotcom executive in New York\Nwho wanted to take over the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.56,0:01:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a military press officer in Qatar,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.00,0:01:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who would rather not take over the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.53,0:01:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you've seen the film\N"Control Room" that was sent out,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.24,0:01:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'd understand a little bit why.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.89,0:01:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.06,0:01:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.24,0:01:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wow! Some of you watched it.\NThat's great. That's great.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.54,0:01:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So basically what I'd like\Nto talk about today
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.13,0:01:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a way for people to travel,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.00,0:01:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to meet people in a different way than --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.00,0:01:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you can't travel\Nall over the world at the same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.00,0:01:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a long time ago --\Nwell, about 40 years ago --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.26,0:01:35.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my mom had an exchange student.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.90,0:01:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm going to show you\Nslides of the exchange student.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.74,0:01:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Donna.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.91,0:01:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Donna at the Statue of Liberty.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.45,0:01:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my mother and aunt\Nteaching Donna how to ride a bike.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.54,0:01:50.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Donna eating ice cream.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.28,0:01:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is Donna teaching my aunt\Nhow to do a Filipino dance.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.88,0:02:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really think as the world\Nis getting smaller,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.12,0:02:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it becomes more and more important
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.79,0:02:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we learn each other's dance moves,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.68,0:02:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we meet each other,\Nwe get to know each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.11,0:02:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are able to figure out\Na way to cross borders,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.77,0:02:12.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to understand each other, to understand\Npeople's hopes and dreams,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.92,0:02:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what makes them laugh and cry.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.40,0:02:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know that we can't\Nall do exchange programs,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.44,0:02:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I can't force everybody to travel;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.29,0:02:21.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've already talked about that\Nto Chris and Amy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.63,0:02:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they said that\Nthere's a problem with this:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.86,0:02:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't force people, free will.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.62,0:02:28.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I totally support that,\Nso we're not forcing people to travel.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.75,0:02:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'd like to talk\Nabout another way to travel
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.03,0:02:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that doesn't require\Na ship or an airplane,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.00,0:02:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just requires a movie camera,\Na projector and a screen.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.00,0:02:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what I'm going\Nto talk to you about today.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.86,0:02:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was asked that I speak a little bit\Nabout where I personally come from,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.61,0:02:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Cameron, I don't know how\Nyou managed to get out of that one,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.74,0:02:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think that building bridges\Nis important to me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.00,0:02:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of where I come from.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.17,0:03:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm the daughter of an American mother
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.57,0:03:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an Egyptian-Lebanese-Syrian father.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.71,0:03:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm the living product\Nof two cultures coming together.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.80,0:03:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No pun intended.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.98,0:03:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.01,0:03:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've also been called,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.29,0:03:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an Egyptian-Lebanese-Syrian American\Nwith a Persian name,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.17,0:03:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the "Middle East Peace Crisis."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.08,0:03:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So maybe me starting to take\Npictures was some kind of way
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.58,0:03:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring both sides\Nof my family together --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.06,0:03:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a way to take the worlds with me,\Na way to tell stories visually.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.45,0:03:32.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It all kind of started that way,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.07,0:03:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think that I really realized\Nthe power of the image
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.69,0:03:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I first went\Nto the garbage-collecting village
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.93,0:03:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Egypt, when I was about 16.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.33,0:03:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother took me there.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.90,0:03:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's somebody who believes strongly\Nin community service,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.69,0:03:49.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and decided that this was something\Nthat I needed to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.36,0:03:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I went there and I met\Nsome amazing women there.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.00,0:03:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a center there,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.95,0:03:58.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they were teaching\Npeople how to read and write,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.02,0:04:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get vaccinations\Nagainst the many diseases
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.25,0:04:03.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can get from sorting through garbage.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.37,0:04:04.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I began teaching there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.96,0:04:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I taught English, and I met\Nsome incredible women there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.00,0:04:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met people that live\Nseven people to a room,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.81,0:04:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,barely can afford their evening meal,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.17,0:04:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet lived with this strength\Nof spirit and sense of humor
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.72,0:04:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just incredible qualities.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.42,0:04:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got drawn into this community\Nand I began to take pictures there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.20,0:04:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took pictures of weddings\Nand older family members --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.00,0:04:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things that they wanted memories of.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.14,0:04:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About two years after I started\Ntaking these pictures,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.57,0:04:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the UN Conference\Non Population and Development
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.00,0:04:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asked me to show them at the conference.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.92,0:04:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was 18; I was very excited.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.89,0:04:54.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was my first exhibit of photographs\Nand they were all put up there,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.27,0:05:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after about two days,\Nthey all came down except for three.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.79,0:05:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People were very upset,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.66,0:05:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very angry that I was showing\Nthese dirty sides of Cairo,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.30,0:05:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and why didn't I cut\Nthe dead donkey out of the frame?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.78,0:05:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as I sat there, I got very depressed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.04,0:05:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I looked at this big empty wall\Nwith three lonely photographs
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.66,0:05:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were, you know,\Nvery pretty photographs
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.94,0:05:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was like, "I failed at this."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.85,0:05:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I was looking at this intense\Nemotion and intense feeling
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.00,0:05:33.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had come out of people\Njust seeing these photographs.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.48,0:05:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here I was, this 18-year-old pipsqueak\Nthat nobody listened to,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.48,0:05:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of a sudden,\NI put these photographs on the wall,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.28,0:05:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there were arguments,\Nand they had to be taken down.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.94,0:05:45.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I saw the power of the image,\Nand it was incredible.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.31,0:05:49.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think the most important reaction\Nthat I saw there was actually from people
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.17,0:05:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would never have gone\Nto the garbage village themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.07,0:05:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would never have seen\Nthat the human spirit could thrive
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.96,0:05:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in such difficult circumstances.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.07,0:05:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think it was at that point
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.62,0:06:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I decided I wanted to use\Nphotography and film
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.91,0:06:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to somehow bridge gaps,\Nto bridge cultures,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.38,0:06:08.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bring people together, cross borders.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.71,0:06:14.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so that's what really\Nkind of started me off.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.37,0:06:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did a stint at MTV, made a film\Ncalled "Startup.com,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.70,0:06:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've done a couple of music films.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.00,0:06:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in 2003, when the war\Nin Iraq was about to start,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.46,0:06:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was a very surreal feeling for me,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.70,0:06:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because before the war started,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.60,0:06:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was kind of this media war\Nthat was going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.04,0:06:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was watching television in New York,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.08,0:06:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there seemed to be just one\Npoint of view that was coming across,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.74,0:06:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the coverage went\Nfrom the US State Department
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.59,0:06:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to embedded troops.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.09,0:06:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what was coming across on the news
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.73,0:06:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that there was going to be this\Nclean war and precision bombings,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.00,0:06:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Iraqis would be greeting\Nthe Americans as liberators,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.80,0:07:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and throwing flowers at their feet\Nin the streets of Baghdad.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.10,0:07:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I knew that there\Nwas a completely other story
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.100,0:07:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was taking place in the Middle East,\Nwhere my parents were.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.04,0:07:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew that there was\Na completely other story being told,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.13,0:07:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was thinking, "How are people\Nsupposed to communicate with each other
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.68,0:07:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they're getting completely\Ndifferent messages,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.10,0:07:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and nobody knows\Nwhat the other's being told?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.23,0:07:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How are people supposed to have\Nany kind of common understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.27,0:07:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or know how to move together\Ninto the future?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.93,0:07:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I knew that I had to go there.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.20,0:07:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just wanted to be in the center.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.27,0:07:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had no plan. I had no funding.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.79,0:07:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't even have a camera at the time --\NI had somebody bring it there,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.00,0:07:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I wanted\Nto get access to Al Jazeera,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.00,0:07:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,George Bush's favorite channel,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.00,0:07:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a place which I was very curious\Nabout because it's disliked
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.26,0:07:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by many governments across the Arab world,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.78,0:07:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also called the mouthpiece\Nof Osama Bin Laden
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.41,0:07:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by some people in the US government.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.61,0:07:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was thinking, this station\Nthat's hated by so many people
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.91,0:08:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has to be doing something right.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.47,0:08:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got to go see what this is all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.100,0:08:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I also wanted to go see\NCentral Command,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.12,0:08:08.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was 10 minutes away.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.69,0:08:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that way, I could get access\Nto how this news was being created --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.00,0:08:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the Arab side, reaching the Arab world,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.23,0:08:18.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the US and Western side,\Nreaching the US.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.02,0:08:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I went there and sat there,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.78,0:08:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and met these people\Nthat were in the center of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.86,0:08:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sat with these characters,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.49,0:08:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met some surprising,\Nvery complex people.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.79,0:08:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'd like to share with you\Na little bit of that experience
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.00,0:08:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of when you sit with somebody
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.50,0:08:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you film them, and you listen to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.55,0:08:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you allow them more\Nthan a five-second sound bite.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.31,0:08:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The amazing complexity of people emerges.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.70,0:08:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Samir Khader: Business as usual.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.00,0:08:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Iraq, and then Iraq, and then Iraq.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.90,0:09:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But between us, if I'm offered\Na job with Fox, I'll take it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.98,0:09:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To change the Arab nightmare\Ninto the American dream.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.98,0:09:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still have that dream.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.23,0:09:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe I will never be able to do it,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.00,0:09:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I have plans for my children.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.52,0:09:31.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they finish high school,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.94,0:09:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will send them to America\Nto study there.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.98,0:09:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will pay for their study.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.64,0:09:38.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they will stay there.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.18,0:09:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Josh Rushing: The night they showed\Nthe POWs and the dead soldiers --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.05,0:09:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Al Jazeera showed them --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.29,0:09:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was powerful, because America\Ndoesn't show those kinds of images.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.52,0:09:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of the news in America\Nwon't show really gory images
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.23,0:09:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this showed American soldiers\Nin uniform, strewn about a floor,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.43,0:10:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a cold tile floor.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.63,0:10:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was revolting.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.39,0:10:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was absolutely revolting.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.90,0:10:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It made me sick at my stomach.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.37,0:10:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then what hit me was,\Nthe night before,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.72,0:10:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there had been some kind\Nof bombing in Basra,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.34,0:10:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Al Jazeera had shown\Nimages of the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.18,0:10:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they were equally, if not more,\Nhorrifying -- the images were.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.40,0:10:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember having seen it\Nin the Al Jazeera office,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.04,0:10:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thought to myself, "Wow, that's gross.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.25,0:10:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's bad."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.07,0:10:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then going away, and probably\Neating dinner or something.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.00,0:10:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it didn't affect me as much.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.63,0:10:37.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the impact that had on me --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.48,0:10:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me realizing that I just saw\Npeople on the other side,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.16,0:10:43.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those people in the Al Jazeera office
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.99,0:10:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,must have felt the way\NI was feeling that night,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.30,0:10:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it upset me on a profound level
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.45,0:10:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I wasn't as bothered\Nas much the night before.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.65,0:10:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes me hate war.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.65,0:10:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it doesn't make me believe\Nthat we're in a world
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.25,0:10:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can live without war yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.79,0:11:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jehane Noujaim: I was overwhelmed\Nby the response of the film.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.90,0:11:05.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn't know whether\Nit would be able to get out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.61,0:11:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had no funding for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.85,0:11:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were incredibly lucky\Nthat it got picked up.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.05,0:11:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we showed the film
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.56,0:11:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in both the United States\Nand the Arab world,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.26,0:11:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had such incredible reactions.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.40,0:11:21.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was amazing to see how people\Nwere moved by this film.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.43,0:11:23.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Arab world --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.62,0:11:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's not really by the film,\Nit's by the characters --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.48,0:11:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, Josh Rushing was\Nthis incredibly complex person
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.53,0:11:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was thinking about things.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.08,0:11:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I showed the film\Nin the Middle East,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.38,0:11:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people wanted to meet Josh.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.00,0:11:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He kind of redefined us\Nas an American population.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.89,0:11:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People started to ask me,\N"Where is this guy now?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.00,0:11:46.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Al Jazeera offered him a job.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.02,0:11:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.00,0:11:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Samir, on the other hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.27,0:11:54.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was also quite an interesting character\Nfor the Arab world to see,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.63,0:11:58.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it brought out the complexities\Nof this love-hate relationship
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.31,0:12:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Arab world has with the West.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.26,0:12:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the United States, I was blown away\Nby the motivations,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.47,0:12:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the positive motivations\Nof the American people
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.32,0:12:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they'd see this film.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.41,0:12:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, we're criticized abroad
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.03,0:12:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for believing we're the saviors\Nof the world in some way,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.55,0:12:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the flip side of it is that, actually,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.89,0:12:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when people do see\Nwhat is happening abroad
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.25,0:12:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people's reactions\Nto some of our policy abroad,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.00,0:12:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we feel this power, that we need to --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.29,0:12:29.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we feel like we have to get\Nthe power to change things.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.91,0:12:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I saw this with audiences.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.49,0:12:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This woman came up to me\Nafter the screening and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.27,0:12:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You know, I know this is crazy.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.89,0:12:38.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw the bombs being loaded\Non the planes,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.94,0:12:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw the military going out to war,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.70,0:12:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you don't understand\Npeople's anger towards us
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.08,0:12:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until you see the people in the hospitals\Nand the victims of the war,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.27,0:12:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how do we get out of this bubble?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.24,0:12:53.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we understand what\Nthe other person is thinking?"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.00,0:12:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I don't know whether\Na film can change the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.10,0:13:00.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I know the power of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.60,0:13:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that it starts people thinking\Nabout how to change the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.61,0:13:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I'm not a philosopher,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.33,0:13:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I feel like I shouldn't\Ngo into great depth on this,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.21,0:13:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but let film speak for itself\Nand take you to this other world.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.00,0:13:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I believe that film has\Nthe ability to take you across borders,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.12,0:13:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like you to just sit back\Nand experience for a couple of minutes
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.17,0:13:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being taken into another world.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.00,0:13:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these couple clips take you inside\Nof two of the most difficult conflicts
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.73,0:13:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're faced with today.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.58,0:13:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[The last 48 hours of two\NPalestinian suicide bombers.]
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.52,0:13:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Paradise Now]
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.93,0:13:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Man: As long as there is injustice,\Nsomeone must make a sacrifice!]
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.15,0:13:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Woman: That's no\Nsacrifice, that's revenge!]
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.66,0:13:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[If you kill, there's no difference\Nbetween victim and occupier.]
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.76,0:13:57.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Man: If we had airplanes, we wouldn't\Nneed martyrs, that's the difference.]
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.55,0:14:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Woman: The difference is that the Israeli\Nmilitary is still stronger.]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.79,0:14:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Man: Then let us be equal in death.]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.00,0:14:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[We still have Paradise.]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.10,0:14:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Woman: There is no Paradise!\NIt only exists in your head!]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.05,0:14:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Man: God forbid!]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.80,0:14:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[May God forgive you.]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.00,0:14:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[If you were not Abu Azzam's daughter ...]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.93,0:14:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Anyway, I'd rather have Paradise\Nin my head than live in this hell!]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.22,0:14:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[In this life, we're dead anyway.]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.65,0:14:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[One only chooses bitterness\Nwhen the alternative is even bitterer.]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.100,0:14:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Woman: And what about us?\NThe ones who remain?]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.52,0:14:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Will we win that way?]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.28,0:14:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Don't you see what you're\Ndoing is destroying us?]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.79,0:14:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[And that you give Israel\Nan alibi to carry on?]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.95,0:14:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Man: So with no alibi, Israel will stop?]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.36,0:14:54.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Woman: Perhaps. We have\Nto turn it into a moral war.]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.59,0:14:57.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Man: How, if Israel has no morals?]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.89,0:15:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Woman: Be careful!]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.44,0:15:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[And the real people building\Npeace through non-violence]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.02,0:15:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Encounter Point]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.86,0:15:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Video: (Ambulance siren)\N[Tel Aviv, Israel 1996]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.01,0:15:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Tzvika: My wife Ayelet\Ncalled me and said, ]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.49,0:15:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["There was a suicide\Nbombing in Tel Aviv."]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.92,0:15:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Ayelet: What do you know\Nabout the casualties?]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.45,0:15:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Tzvika off-screen:\NWe're looking for three girls.]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.30,0:15:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[We have no information.]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.60,0:15:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Ayelet: One is wounded here, but we\Nhaven't heard from the other three.]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.00,0:15:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Tzvika: I said, "OK,\Nthat's Bat-Chen, that's my daughter.]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.95,0:15:40.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Are you sure she is dead?"]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.16,0:15:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[They said yes.]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.34,0:15:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Video: (Police siren\Nand shouting over megaphone)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.66,0:15:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Bethlehem, Occupied\NPalestinian Territories, 2003]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.00,0:15:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[George: On that day, at around 6:30]
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.00,0:15:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[I was driving with my wife\Nand daughters to the supermarket.]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.00,0:16:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[When we got to here ...]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.05,0:16:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[we saw three Israeli military jeeps\Nparked on the side of the road.]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.30,0:16:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[When we passed by the first jeep ...]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.62,0:16:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[they opened fire on us.]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.90,0:16:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[And my 12-year-old daughter Christine]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.76,0:16:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[was killed in the shooting.]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.79,0:16:27.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Bereaved Families Forum, Jerusalem]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.77,0:16:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Tzvika: I'm the headmaster\Nfor all parts.]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.87,0:16:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[George: But there is a teacher\Nthat is in charge?]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.29,0:16:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Tzvika: Yes, I have assistants.]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.23,0:16:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[I deal with children all the time.]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.28,0:16:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[One year after their daughters' deaths\Nboth Tzvika and George join the forum]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.96,0:16:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[George: At first, I thought\Nit was a strange idea.]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.25,0:16:58.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[But after thinking logically about it, ]
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.69,0:17:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[I didn't find any reason\Nwhy not to meet them]
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.32,0:17:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[and let them know of our suffering.]
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.77,0:17:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Tzvika: There were\Nmany things that touched me.]
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.24,0:17:18.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[We see that there are Palestinians\Nwho suffered a lot, who lost children,]
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.38,0:17:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[and still believe in the peace\Nprocess and in reconciliation.]
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.00,0:17:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[If we who lost what is most precious\Ncan talk to each other,]
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.65,0:17:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[and look forward to a better future,]
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.80,0:17:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[then everyone else must do so, too.]
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.75,0:17:39.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[From South Africa:\NA Revolution Through Music]
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.32,0:17:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Amandla]
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.94,0:17:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.00,0:17:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Man: Song is something\Nthat we communicated with people
Dialogue: 0,0:17:47.49,0:17:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who otherwise would not have\Nunderstood where we're coming from.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.07,0:17:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could give them\Na long political speech,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.74,0:17:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would still not understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.04,0:17:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I tell you, when you finish that song,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.76,0:18:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people will be like, "Damn, I know\Nwhere you niggas are coming from.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.77,0:18:05.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know where you guys are coming from.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.84,0:18:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Death unto apartheid!"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.99,0:18:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Narrator: It's about\Nthe liberation struggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.36,0:18:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about those children\Nwho took to the streets --
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.83,0:18:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fighting, screaming,\N"Free Nelson Mandela!"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.48,0:18:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about those unions\Nwho put down their tools
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.38,0:18:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and demanded freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.02,0:18:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes. Yes!
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.68,0:18:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music and singing)
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.55,0:18:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Singing) Freedom!
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.59,0:18:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.37,0:18:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jehane Noujaim: I think everybody's\Nhad that feeling of sitting in a theater,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.04,0:18:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a dark room, with other strangers,\Nwatching a very powerful film,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.31,0:18:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they felt that feeling\Nof transformation.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.34,0:18:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I'd like to talk about is
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.32,0:18:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how can we use that feeling
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.00,0:19:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to actually create\Na movement through film?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.84,0:19:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been listening to the talks\Nin the conference,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.38,0:19:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Robert Wright said yesterday
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.46,0:19:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if we have an appreciation\Nfor another person's humanity,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.05,0:19:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then they will have\Nan appreciation for ours.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.61,0:19:17.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what this is about.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.43,0:19:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about connecting people through film,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.00,0:19:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting these independent\Nvoices out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.40,0:19:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Josh Rushing actually\Nended up leaving the military
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.21,0:19:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and taking a job with Al Jazeera.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.28,0:19:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:19:31.60,0:19:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So his feeling is that\Nhe's at Al Jazeera International
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.21,0:19:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he feels like\Nhe can actually use media
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.00,0:19:40.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bridge the gap between East and West.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.42,0:19:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's an amazing thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.41,0:19:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I've been trying to think about ways
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.26,0:19:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give power to these independent voices,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.95,0:19:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give power to the filmmakers,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.56,0:19:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give power to people who are trying\Nto use film for change.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.00,0:19:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are incredible organizations
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.87,0:19:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are out there doing this already.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.00,0:20:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's Witness,\Nthat you heard from earlier.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.00,0:20:05.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's Just Vision, that are working\Nwith Palestinians and Israelis
Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.59,0:20:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are working together for peace,\Nand documenting that process
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.95,0:20:11.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and getting interviews\Nout there and using this film
Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.75,0:20:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take to Congress to show\Nthat it's a powerful tool,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.72,0:20:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to show that this is a woman who's had\Nher daughter killed in an attack,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.28,0:20:22.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she believes that there\Nare peaceful ways to solve this.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.44,0:20:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's Working Films\Nand there's Current TV,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.27,0:20:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is an incredible platform\Nfor people around the world
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.60,0:20:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to put their --
Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.87,0:20:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.90,0:20:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, it's amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.08,0:20:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've watched it and I'm blown away by it
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.53,0:20:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its potential to bring voices\Nfrom around the world --
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.83,0:20:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,independent voices\Nfrom around the world --
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.87,0:20:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and create a truly democratic,\Nglobal television.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.33,0:20:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what can we do to create\Na platform for these organizations,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.10,0:20:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create some momentum,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.00,0:20:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get everybody in the world\Ninvolved in this movement?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.49,0:20:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like for us to imagine for a second.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.20,0:21:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine a day when you have everyone\Ncoming together from around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.80,0:21:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have towns and villages\Nand theaters --
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.73,0:21:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all from around the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.31,0:21:21.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting together, and sitting in the dark,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.07,0:21:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sharing a communal\Nexperience of watching a film,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.60,0:21:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a couple of films, together.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.00,0:21:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Watching a film which maybe highlights\Na character that is fighting to live,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:34.51,0:21:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or just a character\Nthat defies stereotypes,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.70,0:21:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes a joke, sings a song.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:39.80,0:21:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Comedies, documentaries, shorts.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:42.10,0:21:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This amazing power\Ncan be used to change people
Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.80,0:21:47.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to bond people together;\Nto cross borders,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.65,0:21:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have people feel like\Nthey're having a communal experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:51.19,0:21:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you imagine this day\Nwhen all around the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:54.16,0:21:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have theaters and places\Nwhere we project films.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.70,0:22:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you imagine projecting\Nfrom Times Square
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.32,0:22:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Tahrir Square in Cairo,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.12,0:22:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same film in Ramallah,\Nthe same film in Jerusalem.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.82,0:22:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, we've been talking\Nto a friend of mine
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.15,0:22:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about using the side of the Great Pyramid
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.85,0:22:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Great Wall of China.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.18,0:22:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's endless what you can imagine,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.00,0:22:25.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of where you can project films
Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.14,0:22:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and where you can have\Nthis communal experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:27.88,0:22:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I believe that this one day,\Nif we can create it,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.00,0:22:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this one day can create momentum\Nfor all of these independent voices.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.38,0:22:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There isn't an organization\Nwhich is connecting the independent voices
Dialogue: 0,0:22:40.43,0:22:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the world to get out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:42.00,0:22:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet I'm hearing\Nthroughout this conference
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.20,0:22:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the biggest challenge in our future
Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.26,0:22:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is understanding the other,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:47.89,0:22:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and having mutual respect\Nfor the other and crossing borders.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.85,0:22:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if film can do that,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.75,0:22:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if we can get all of these\Ndifferent locations in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:22:56.95,0:22:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to watch these films together --
Dialogue: 0,0:22:59.58,0:23:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this could be an incredible day.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:02.23,0:23:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we've already made a partnership,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.56,0:23:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,set up through somebody\Nfrom the TED community,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:09.48,0:23:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John Camen, who introduced me\Nto Steven Apkon,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:12.37,0:23:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the Jacob Burns Film Center.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.00,0:23:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we started calling up everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.91,0:23:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the last week,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:18.30,0:23:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there have been so many people\Nthat have responded to us,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:22.00,0:23:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from as close as Palo Alto,\Nto Mongolia and to India.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:27.00,0:23:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are people that want to be\Na part of this global day of film;
Dialogue: 0,0:23:31.58,0:23:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to provide a platform\Nfor independent voices
Dialogue: 0,0:23:35.00,0:23:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and independent films to get out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.18,0:23:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, we've thought\Nabout a name for this day,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.87,0:23:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'd like to share this with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:45.35,0:23:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the most amazing part\Nof this whole process
Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.64,0:23:50.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been sharing ideas and wishes,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.99,0:23:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so I invite you\Nto give brainstorms onto
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.00,0:23:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how does this day echo into the future?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:57.54,0:24:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we use technology to make\Nthis day echo into the future,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:02.30,0:24:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we can build community
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.00,0:24:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have these communities working\Ntogether, through the Internet?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:09.15,0:24:11.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a time, many, many years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:11.71,0:24:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when all of the continents\Nwere stuck together.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:14.92,0:24:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we call that landmass Pangea.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:17.89,0:24:22.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what we'd like to call this day of film\Nis Pangea Cinema Day.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:23.61,0:24:25.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you just imagine
Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.14,0:24:28.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that all of these people\Nin these towns would be watching,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:28.64,0:24:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I think that we can\Nactually really make a movement
Dialogue: 0,0:24:32.66,0:24:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards people understanding\Neach other better.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:35.00,0:24:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that it's very intangible,\Ntouching people's hearts and souls,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:38.84,0:24:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the only way that I know how to do it,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:40.90,0:24:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the only way that I know how to reach out\Nto somebody's heart and soul
Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.51,0:24:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all across the world,\Nis by showing them a film.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:48.04,0:24:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know that there are independent\Nfilmmakers and films out there
Dialogue: 0,0:24:51.42,0:24:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can really make this happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.07,0:24:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's my wish.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:56.15,0:25:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess I'm supposed to give you\Nmy one-sentence wish,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.62,0:25:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we're way out of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:03.00,0:25:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chris Anderson:\NThat is an incredible wish.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:05.34,0:25:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pangea Cinema: The day\Nthe world comes together.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:08.00,0:25:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JN: It's more tangible than world peace,\Nand it's certainly more immediate.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:11.74,0:25:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it would be the day that the world\Ncomes together through film,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.48,0:25:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the power of film.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:18.66,0:25:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: Ladies and gentlemen, Jehane Noujaim.