Principle Photography began on Robby Romero’s Indigenous world music single “All Our Colors” in Soweto Township with Ghetto Ruff Zulu rapper, Static. ”All Our Colors” celebrates the beauty, tradition, and mystical power of the world’s Indigenous Peoples’ culture and territories.
Photo: Stephen Hunter
The music pictures mission is to celebrate Indigenous Peoples past to present, and to commemorate and promote the implementation of the United Nations’ “Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples,” a declaration that underwent the longest period of debate and negotiation of any other international agreement in United Nations history. ”All Our Colors” is slated to premiere on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, 9 August 2012. Stay tuned for updates!
As a lead up to Native Children’s Survival’s (NCS) 2012 Climate Change Awareness Campaign For The Rights Of Mother Earth And All Her Children, NCS’s new music picture, “Who’s Gonna Save You” will screen at the Colorado Environmental Film Festival (CEFF) on February 24 and 25. CEFF is a celebration of the power of film to inspire, educate, and motivate audiences. CEFF presents thought-provoking films and dialogue that raise awareness of a wide variety of interconnected ecological, social, and economic themes. The Festival provides an experience for the audience that goes beyond passive film viewing: CEFF inspires audiences into awareness and action.
Social movements around the world will come together to participate in Global Days of Action for Climate Justice (www.globalclimatecampaign.org), a call to action for climate change on Dec. 3 in Durban, South Africa. Eagle Thunder Entertainment (ETE) recording artist Robby Romero will participate in this major climate change event and march in Durban to help create awareness and call on climate negotiators to respect the rights of Mother Earth and to honor and implement the rights of Indigenous Peoples, as outlined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
“Top scientists have recently weighed in on something Indigenous people have prophesized and the world is now experiencing – the devastating effects of global warming,” says Romero. “It’s going to take Indigenous wisdom and modern science working together to lead us into a time of healing.”
In conjunction with these activities, which includes the United Nations Annual Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP17) on Nov. 28–Dec. 9 in Durban, Native Children’s Survival’s latest music picture campaign, “Who’s Gonna Save You,” will have its world broadcast premiere. The music picture will premiere on South African Broadcasting Company’s (SABC 1) Yo TV on Friday, Dec. 2. Yo TV reaches millions of young people daily. In conjunction with the music picture premiere on Dec. 2, Romero will make a live appearance on e.TV’s “Sunrise” show in Johannesburg.
Romero will make a live appearance on SABC 3 on Dec. 5 in Durban and will participate in Indigenous Peoples Day on Dec. 6 in Durban. “Who’s Gonna Save You” will be shown at a special event on Indigenous Peoples Day, which will include a press conference and screening hosted by the Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee and a live performance by Romero.
“On behalf of Native Children’s Survival, this music picture has provided an opportunity and a platform for me to present Indigenous youth from around the world on SABC’s Yo TV to share their respective cultures, experience and knowledge in adapting to the impacts of climate change,” says Romero.
“Who’s Gonna Save You” will also be broadcast on South Africa’s e.tv program “Sisterhood.” The broad appeal of e.tv’s programming has resulted in loyal viewers spanning all age, race and income groups across 80.5 percent of the South African population. The station’s vision is to promote, profile and position itself as the channel of choice and the number one entertainment television network in South Africa.
Robby Romero made a live appearance on e.TV during his trip to South Africa for the United Nations Climate Change Conference Nov. 28 – Dec. 9. “I’m afraid COP, the Conference Of The Party’s, has been highjacked by the ‘Business As Usual’ cartel and is shaping up to be a big COP OUT.” He warned South African viewers, “Do not to be fooled with false solutions to climate change, like the carbon trade, offset markets, REDD or REDD type programs. These are not real solutions. They allow polluters to continue polluting, increase production, and release even more emissions into the atmosphere. Remember, emissions are one of the major causes of global warming.”
Scene from "Who's Gonna Save You"
Robby encouraged world leaders to get serious with real solutions that safeguard the rights of Mother Earth and Indigenous Peoples on the front lines of climate change. “It’s time to put an end to corporate greed and their green wash lobby. For them it’s business as usual only now they’ve wrapped their old fossil foolish ideas in a new green leaf and are selling it as an eco friendly real solution to the climate crisis, it is not. I’m concerned that big business and bad decisions are robbing our children of a clean and safe future.”
Following the interview Robby performed live with an African Indigenous youth choir and the segment ended with the broadcast of his latest music picture, “Who’s Gonna Save You”.
Native Children’s Survival’s latest music picture campaign, “Who’s Gonna Save You,” will have its world broadcast premiere during the United Nations Annual Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP17), which will be held Nov. 28–Dec. 9 in Durban, South Africa. It will premiere on South African Broadcasting Company’s (SABC 1) Yo TV on Friday, Dec. 2. Yo TV reaches millions of young people daily. In conjunction with the music picture premiere on Dec. 2, Romero will make a live appearance on e.TV’s “Sunrise” show in Johannesburg.
On Nov. 11, 2011, “Who’s Gonna Save You” makes its Indian Country Film Festival Premiere at the 36th annual American Indian Film Festival, Palace Of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA., with an Indigenous perspective to a global crisis. “Who’s Gonna Save You” is a combination of music video and motion picture woven into a poetic call to conscious for the restoration of life in balance.
Do you believe in freedom?
In Egypt on Thursday January 25, 2011, thousands of people began taking to the streets in protest of poverty, unemployment, government corruption, and the autocratic governance of President Hosni Mubarak, who has ruled the country for the past thirty years. Two-thirds of Egypt’s population have never known a leader other than him.
The government first responded by blocking Twitter, then proceeded to block Facebook, and finally all internet services and text messaging. This not only enraged Egyptian citizens, but also brought more attention to the uprising. Riot police have arrested and injured hundreds with batons, tear gas, and water cannons. National and international human rights activists and journalists have been detained, Egyptians have been arrested and tortured, and more than three hundred people have been killed, according to Human Rights Watch. These protests, inspired by the successful revolution in Tunisia which ousted President Ben Ali, have been the largest in Egypt since the 1970s.
Do you believe in freedom of speech, freedom of choice, freedom of press, freedom of religion?
Do you believe you’re free?
Dua Netjer en ek! (Thank you in Ancient Egyptian), NCS
Native Children’s Survival will travel to New Orleans, Louisiana to begin principle photography on “Who’s Gonna Save You”, one of two new music pictures by Robby Romero to help raise awareness about Indigenous People’s fight for cultural survival and our planet’s struggle to survive. Stay tuned, “Who’s Gonna Save You” will have it’s world premier on International Mother Earth Day – April 22, 2011.
On June 18 on behalf of Native Children’s Survival, Robby will perform at the closing ceremony concert for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada National Event. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was created in 2008 to tell the history of Indian Residential Schools and the impacts they had on the more than 150,000 Aboriginal children who were taken from their families and placed in these schools by the Canadian government.
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