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	...	Self
Deepak Chopra	...	Self
Stewart Copeland	...	Self
Bhagavan Das	...	Self
Krishna Das	...	Self
Ram Dass	...	Self
Marie Daulne	...	Self
Lila Downs	...	Self
J.P. Dunleavy	...	Self
Bela Fleck	...	Self
Michael Franti	...	Self
Bob Geldof	...	Self
Ron Hudson	...	Self
Maxi Jazz	...	Self
Naomi Klein	...	Self

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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Did You Know?

Quotes

Bhagavan Das: You've got to realize one thing, and that is - you need to tame your wild, crazy mind. You gotta tame it, alright? Your mind has a very bad habit which we call self-cherishing. And I call it, 'What about me? What about me? What about me? What about me?' And it's a bore, and it's a drag, and nobody wants to hear it. So you can just shut up, and get off of it, and... give. That's all. Give. Give. Be here and give. Connect with people, right? And you're so busy giving that you don't have time to ...

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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:

GBP1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

19 Entertainment

Technical Specs

Color:

Color