1 Giant Leap - What About Me?

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A small step
Review added by
Rich Goodman

Certificate: 15
Running Time: 346 mins
Retail Price: 7.98
Release Date: June 2008
Content Type: Musical Recording

Synopsis:
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 musical vision.

While Duncan & Jamie sought out wisdom from the likes of Noam Chomsky, Eckhart Tolle & Stephen Fry and the cream of the worlds thinkers, writers, and entertainers they also met many people just getting on with their lives - gravediggers, taxi drivers, brain surgeon's, street kids. Unscripted, with no storyboard, these conversations all reveal how we are connected not only through our creativity and our beliefs but most of all through our madness! When Duncan & Jamie left on their global journey they thought they were in control but how could they predict what would happen

Special Features:
Exclusive interviews and conversations with celebrities including Susan Sarendon, Tim Robbins, Stephen Fry, Bob Geldof, Noam Chomksy, Deepak Chopra, Eckhart Tolle, Billy Conooly, Neale Donald WalschTom Robbins, Ram Das ....

And never before heard tracks featuring Will Young, Carlos Santana, Lila Downs, KD Lang, Alanis Morissette, Zam Mama, Baba Maal, Michael Stipe, Maxi Jazz, Michael Franti, Michael Stipe

Double Disc Set:

12 Short Films - Each exploring a big life theme
2 Hour Movie - Follows the journey from childhood through old age and beyond
7 TV episodes - Fast pace version whips the viewer around the world following Jamie and Duncan as they meet their heroes and find some new ones along the way
Stills gallery - featuring 1 Giant Leap music and shots from their global journey

Related Websites:
http://www.whataboutme.tv/
http://1giantleap.tv