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Call + Response

  • 20082008
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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Call + Response (2008)
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Fair Trade Pictures to support human rights activism against human trafficking and slavery on a community level.Fair Trade Pictures to support human rights activism against human trafficking and slavery on a community level.Fair Trade Pictures to support human rights activism against human trafficking and slavery on a community level.

IMDb RATING
7.3/10
70
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  • Director
    • Justin Dillon
  • Writers
    • Justin Dillon
    • Shadd Williams
  • Stars
    • Madeleine Albright
    • Kevin Bales
    • David Batstone
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  • Director
    • Justin Dillon
  • Writers
    • Justin Dillon
    • Shadd Williams
  • Stars
    • Madeleine Albright
    • Kevin Bales
    • David Batstone
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    • 2User reviews
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    • 43Metascore
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    Madeleine Albright
    Madeleine Albright
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    Kevin Bales
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    David Batstone
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    Natasha Bedingfield
    Natasha Bedingfield
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    Cold War Kids
    Cold War Kids
    Rocco DeLuca
    Rocco DeLuca
    • Selfas Self
    Justin Dillon
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    Daryl Hannah
    Daryl Hannah
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    Gary Haugen
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    Imogen Heap
    Imogen Heap
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    Emmanuel Jal
    Emmanuel Jal
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    Ashley Judd
    Ashley Judd
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    Nicholas Kristof
    Nicholas Kristof
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    Talib Kweli
    Talib Kweli
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    Matisyahu
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    John Miller
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    Moby
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    John Ondrasik
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      • Justin Dillon
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      • Justin Dillon
      • Shadd Williams
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    Storyline

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    Fair Trade Pictures to support human rights activism against human trafficking and slavery on a community level.
    • slavery
    • fair trade
    • human trafficking
    • rockumentary
    • non profit
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    • Genres
      • Documentary
      • History
      • Music
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving crimes against humanity, including sexual enslavement, and for disturbing content and drug references
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    • Trivia
      The film is also known as 'Concert to End Slavery'.
    • Quotes

      Cornel West: Justice is what love looks like in public.

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    5/10
    Cornel West on Funk and Slavery would be an awesome movie
    Musicians and filmmakers SHOULD use their talents to call attention to issues of injustice. In this, I am in full agreement with this film. I also am in full agreement that human slavery and trafficking are among the most unethical of acts towards our fellow men and women. But this movie was a miss for me. It felt like too many people in the wrong room, grasping to make connections that weren't really advancing any argument beyond the obvious: Human trafficking is bad. We sing about it. Music became an element the detracted from an important documentary, sensationalizing an issue that should stand as cold and simple fact--this should have been an act of journalism.

    Some of the music is very nice though, and the journalistic elements are extraordinarily moving. But by far the most impressive scenes of the movie involve Cornel West's explanation of "the connection that doesn't quite work", drawing a history of American music through its heritage of slavery, which is at once powerful and downright entertaining. It's like a beautiful equation of the universe that just doesn't work. (Mass*Acceleration)/"hamburger helper" ≠ "how to end world hunger".
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    • d-strong-ssa
    • Jul 28, 2009

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    • Release date
      • October 10, 2008 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • Fair Trade Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $200,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $215,185
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $41,346
      • Oct 12, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $215,185
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
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    • Sound mix
      • Dolby

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