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New Award-Winning Film: "Sing Your Song"
compassionate_warrior
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A biographical documentary film about the entertainer, humanitarian, and activist, Harry Belafonte, whom I consider to be a living bodhisattva, has won awards at the Sundance Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival. In the US, HBO will be airing it in Autumn of this year. Watch for it in your hometown theaters.
Belafonte, born in Jamaica, made his fortune in the US as the "Calypso King", introducing Jamaican folk songs to a North American audience in the 1940's and 1950's. He used his money to back the Civil Rights movement, and was a consultant to John F. Kennedy on African-American affairs when Kennedy was still a senator. After years of working with Martin Luther King to bring about positive change for African-Americans, Belafonte worked as a cultural ambassador for the UN, and eventually joined the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa. He was the first winner of the Nelson Mandela Courage Prize for his work in the anti-Apartheid struggle.
The film covers his rise in the US, and his tireless work in service to humanity.
Belafonte, born in Jamaica, made his fortune in the US as the "Calypso King", introducing Jamaican folk songs to a North American audience in the 1940's and 1950's. He used his money to back the Civil Rights movement, and was a consultant to John F. Kennedy on African-American affairs when Kennedy was still a senator. After years of working with Martin Luther King to bring about positive change for African-Americans, Belafonte worked as a cultural ambassador for the UN, and eventually joined the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa. He was the first winner of the Nelson Mandela Courage Prize for his work in the anti-Apartheid struggle.
The film covers his rise in the US, and his tireless work in service to humanity.
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