[Peace] P4P featured in Moore video! (briefly)

[Jim Buell]

I'll be posting this to the IMC site as well:

Blink and you'll miss it, but footage from Champaign's Prospect for Peace 
is included in a new anti-war music video produced by Michael Moore. The 
video, which debuted today on www.michaelmoore.com, will begin airing 
tomorrow on MTV. The song, titled "Boom," is from the rock band System of a 
Down. The music video features footage from dozens of anti-war protests 
conducted Feb. 15, 2002 - the day 170 people showed up for the Prospect 
Ave. event in the middle of a ferocious near-blizzard.

The local footage is about 1 to 2 seconds long and comes about 23 seconds 
into the 3-minute song (at the moment the words "Lansing: 3000" appear on 
the screen, somewhat misleadingly). Thanks to local AWARE video chronicler 
Kord for supplying the footage to Moore's production crew!

Moore's "Bowling for Columbine" is the odds-on favorite to win "best 
documentary" at the Oscars next week, which will no doubt add to the 
publicity this video receives. (The animated segment with Bush, Blair, 
Hussein and Bin Laden riding cruise missiles is kind of compelling, too.)

Video: http://www.michaelmoore.com (RealPlayer required)
article on Billboard Magazine site: 
http://www.billboard.com/billboard/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1839614
Lyrics: http://www.absolutelyric.com/a/view/System%20Of%20A%20Down/Boom!/

Jim

Additional info re the video is in a mass email that Moore sent out last 
night. It also mentions that Michael will be appearing on Oprah today:

>Michael Moore on Oprah and a New Music Video!
>
>Monday, March 17th, 2003
>
>Greetings to all,
>
>I just wanted to let you know that Michael will be on The Oprah Winfrey Show
>Tuesday, March 18, 2003. He will join Oprah and her other guests to discuss
>the war on Iraq. You can find a show description here:
>http://www.oprah.com/tows/coming/tows_come_tue.jhtml
>
>And to find the time and channel that Oprah comes on in your area, go here:
>http://www.oprah.com/tows/coming/tows_come_tue.jhtml
>
>Also, in other exciting news: Michael and the crew from "Bowling for
>Columbine" have joined forces with the rock band System of a Down
><http://www.systemofadown.com/> for the video of "BOOM!" off SOAD's "Steal
>This Album." The video documents the global protests against war and gives a
>voice to the millions around the world who have filled the streets to stop
>Bush and Blair from bombing the people of Iraq. Much of the video was shot
>by independent media activists and local guerrilla filmmakers from more than
>forty cities around the world. "BOOM!" will premiere tomorrow on MTV2, and
>then Wednesday you‚ll be able to see it on good ole‚ regular MTV. And, if
>you prefer, you can also see System of a Down's  "BOOM!" at
>http://www.michaelmoore.com/ starting tomorrow.
>
>Until next time, enjoy Oprah and the new video!
>
>David Schankula
>Editor, www.michaelmoore.com
>schankula at michaelmoore.com
>
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