Stand and Be Counted
Brief Synopsis
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Documentary special about how musicians use the power of song to galvanize millions of people around the world to stand up for a cause. Over the past 50 years, many well-known musicians have used their music to attract world attention for their causes. The program captures this activism at benefit c
Cast & Crew
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Gary Mcgroarty
Director
Michael Stipe
Jesse Jackson
John Trudell
Roger Steffens
Peter Gabriel
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Music
Release Date
2000
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
Documentary special about how musicians use the power of song to galvanize millions of people around the world to stand up for a cause. Over the past 50 years, many well-known musicians have used their music to attract world attention for their causes. The program captures this activism at benefit concerts around the world that cross musical genres, political beliefs and ideological passions. Includes footage and stories from Human Rights Now, Tibetan Freedom Concert, No Nukes Concert, Live Aid and a variety of other politically and socially motivated concerts.
Director
Gary Mcgroarty
Director
Cast
Michael Stipe
Jesse Jackson
John Trudell
Roger Steffens
Peter Gabriel
John Mellencamp
Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
Phil Collins
Michael Ochs
Tracy Chapman
Berry Gordy
Buffy Sainte-marie
Phil Lesh
Lizabeth List
Willie Nelson
Bonnie Raitt
Daniel Lanois
Bono
Ravi Shankar
Bob Brasotti
Stephen Stills
Graham Nash
Bob Geldof
Bruce Cockburn
Emmylou Harris
Rita Coolidge
Sting
Elton John
Arlo Guthrie
Tom Campbell
Joan Baez
Bob Zmuda
Pete Seeger
Don Henley
Dana Miller
Bob Weir
Joe Strummer
David Crosby
Paul Kantner
Morton Rostrup
Whoopi Goldberg
Chris Blackwell
Adam Yauch
James Orbinski
Carlos Santana
Jimmy Buffett
David Bender
Neil Young
Carly Simon
George Harrison
Angela Travis
John Lydon
Gerald Seymour
Nelson George
Erin Potts
Paul Simonon
Jaime Robbie Robertson
Robin Williams
Sean Lennon
Quincy Jones
Peter Yarrow
Ken Kragen
Jackson Browne
Melissa Etheridge
Paula Cole
Harry Belafonte
Crew
Bill Appleberry
Sound Mixer
David Bender
Co-Executive Producer
David Bender
Screenplay
Philip Blackman
Sound Mixer
John Cossette
Producer
David Crosby
Executive Producer
Donna Dees
Line Producer
Michael Delich
Co-Executive Producer
Andrea Dossa
Line Producer
Jeanne Fay
Music
David Godfrey
Sound Design
Michael Jensen
Associate Producer
Brian Leff
Line Producer
Gary Mcgroarty
Screenplay
Gary Mcgroarty
Producer
Jill Meyers
Music
Nancy Quinlan
Line Producer
Todd Robinson
Segment Director
Allen Rucker
Other Writer
Jeff Scheftel
Other
Sidney Sherman
Producer
Sidney Sherman
Unit Director
Conrad Stanley
Line Producer
Conrad Stanley
Editor
Conrad Stanley
Screenplay
Joe Swift
Producer
Tim Tobin
Screenplay
Tim Tobin
Supervising Producer
Tim Tobin
Editor
Norm Waitt
Executive Producer
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Music
Release Date
2000
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
