Program Information

The Poetry of Freedom and a Voice from Inside the Torture Chambers

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Subtitle:

The Poetry of Freedom and a Voice from Inside the Torture Chambers

Program Type:

Weekly Program

Featured Speakers/Commentators:

Sonia Sanchez (poet); Mozzam Begg (former Guantanamo Detainee)

Contributor:

Michael Slate Contact Contributor

Date Published:

July 7, 2010, 5:19 p.m.

Summary: Sonia Sanchez talks about her life weaving songs of joy and sadness, of freedom and beauty - all in service of defining what it means to be human in the 21st century. Mozzam Begg, labeled an "enemy combatant" and imprisoned by the US for three years, talks about his life in the torture chambers and his book, Enemy Combatant: My Imprisonment at Guantanamo, Bagram and Kandehar.

Credits: Michael Slate - Host and Producer
Aidge - Production Assistant
Henry Carson - Productin Assistant

Notes: Broadcast ready with 1 minute music break embedded at 25:48 and can facilitate local station id if needed. If you use the show, or simply check it out, let us know what you think - comments, suggestions, criticism and so on. Write to us at michaelslate@redfuture.com
Sound Exchange Info if needed:
1) Song: I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free; Artist: Nina Simone; Album: The Very Best of Nins Simone; Label:Sony BMG
2) Song: Guantanamo; Artist: Chris Washburn and the Syotos Band; Album: Land of Nod; Label: Jazzhead Records
3) Song: A Change Is Gonna Come; Artist: Baby Huey and the Babysitters; Album: The Baby Huey Story: the Living Legend; Label: Curtom Records

Version 1: TMSS-100707

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Length (hh:mm:ss): 00:58:00

Language: 1

Date Recorded: July 7, 2010

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