Can Film Bring The World Together?

This is the question asked by documentary filmmaker Jehane Noujaim. Her asking for a wish as innocent as World Peace during the 2006 TED conference brought many to rethink why are they doing what they are doing right now.

A little history of Jehane Noujaim...
Jehane Noujaim began as a photographer and filmmaker in Cairo, Egypt, where she grew up. She moved to Boston in 1990, where she attended Harvard University and graduated magna cum laude in Visual Arts and Philosophy in 1996. Earlier that year, Noujaim was awarded the Gardiner fellowship under which she directed Mokattam, an Arabic film about an Egyptian garbage collecting village. She then joined the MTV News and Documentary division as a producer for the documentary series, Unfiltered. Noujaim left her producing job at MTV to produce and direct Startup.com in association with Pennebaker Hedgedus Films. The feature length, highly acclaimed documentary has won numerous distinguished awards including the DGA and IDA Awards for best documentary. She has since worked in both the Middle East and the US as a director and cinematographer on various documentaries including Born Rich (Jamie Johnson), Only the Strong Survive (Miramax Films), and Down from the Mountain (Cohen Brothers).
Source : www.noujaimfilms.com

On May 10, 2008 -Pangea Day- We will find out the power of film as New York City, Rio, London, Dharamsala, Cairo, Jerusalem and Kigali will join together in a live video conference to produce a 4-hour program of powerful films, visionary speakers and uplifting music.

This is an invitation for anyone reading this to pass the word on.

World Peace. We need it.