One Giant Leap 2: What About Me? (2008)

One Giant Leap have created a unique music, TV and film project. What About Me? is the culmination of 4 years work visiting 50 global locations collecting wisdom and musical jewels. It's an... See full summary »

Directors:

Duncan Bridgeman, Jamie Catto

Stars:

Noam Chomsky, Deepak Chopra, Stewart Copeland

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Noam Chomsky	...	Himself
Deepak Chopra	...	Himself
Stewart Copeland	...	Himself
Bhagavan Das	...	Himself
Krishna Das	...	Himself
Ram Dass	...	Himself
Marie Daulne	...	Herself
Lila Downs	...	Herself
J.P. Dunleavy	...	Himself
Bela Fleck	...	Himself
Michael Franti	...	Himself
Bob Geldof	...	Himself
Ron Hudson	...	Himself
Maxi Jazz	...	Himself
Naomi Klein	...	Herself

Storyline

One Giant Leap have created a unique music, TV and film project. What About Me? is the culmination of 4 years work visiting 50 global locations collecting wisdom and musical jewels. It's an inspiring and alarming look at our collective insanity: how we are ego-driven, needy in relationships, insatiable in desire, addicted to status, wounded by childhood and unable to stop thinking, but how we still manage to be inspired and creative. The backbone of the project is the music that One Giant Leap make. They start with pre-composed backing tracks in a laptop studio. The music grows as each layer is added, seamlessly mixing international stars like Alanis Morissette, KD Lang and Michael Franti, with Bedouin Musicians, Chinese rappers, Gabonese Pygmies, Tuvan throat singers, Egyptian folk musicians, Japanese taiko drummers, and also the royalty of today's world music scene including Baaba Maal, Lila Downs, Rokia Traore, Oumou Sangare, Zap Mama, all expanding on the same One Giant Leap ...

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 August 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Velem mi lesz?

Box Office

Budget:

£1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

19 Entertainment

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Eckhart Tolle: This is the time for awakening for humans on the planet. This is the time to wake up out of the madness, because the history of humanity is basically the history of insanity. But for the first time in the history of this insanity... is the insanity threatening to destroy us. Mad intelligence.
[laughs]
Eckhart Tolle: That's what humans have developed. We could call it also... you could call it cleverness. We're all clever... but mad! Mad intelligence. So we're coming to the end of this; one way or another. ...

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