Saturday, March 3rd, 2007
Global Village
Radio Two: 5 pm (7:30 pm AT; 8 pm NT)
Rebroadcast of Censor This! documentary
Music is so potent that its very essence propels so many people to attempt to harness its powers. Censor This! is a feature documentary written and produced by Bruce Edwards, Ann MacKeigan and Susanne Reber. The hour-long program takes the listener on a sonic tour around the world from the street bazaars of Istanbul to the townships of South Africa, from the conflict zones of Beirut and Rwanda to North American popular music of the 20th century. Through the strength of music and powerful narratives, the documentary explores the duality, which allows music to be both frightening and seductive to those in power positions. Musicians and censors are still coming into conflict, as they always have.
Censor This! will also be re-broadcast on Radio Two on March 3rd to mark an international day of music and censorship.
Iranian Sisters (Runs:
1:29) Play: Real Media »
March 3rd 2007 Music Freedom Day: 3rd of March, 2007
In November in Istanbul, Freemuse - an organization whose goal is to protect the rights of musicians to freely express their music, held a very successful international conference on Music and Censorship. Present were musicians, journalists, academics, writers, and activists - all focused on the fact that today still musicians in many parts of the world face a variety of censors to their music. (More info: http://www.freemuse.org/sw15813.asp )
One of the outcomes of the conference was to designate a specific date for the world's media to explore the issue of Music and censorship...in their own countries, in their own mediums, and in their own way. Freemuse has designated the first Saturday in March, annually, to be Music Freedom Day. On March 3rd , or the days leading up to it, programmers and journalists around the world will direct their work to the subject of banned music.
Freemuse will dedicate a specific page on their web site to include all of the various partners who will participate in this world-wide day, as a way for listeners, readers and viewers to participate beyond borders. The Freemuse website is already an excellent resource on the subject of music and censorship. (see: http://www.freemuse.org/sw2338.asp).
