What is Kony 2012? [video]

What is KONY 2012?

• KONY 2012 – a documentary about Ugandan warlord

• Film aims to create awareness and bring him to justice

• Cashing in? Expert fears “giving money won’t help”

  

    KONY 2012 filmmaker Jason Russell first met Jacob when he visited Uganda in 2003

                       
  Kony 2012 is a film created by Invisible Children, Inc. which became a viral video.The film’s purpose is to promote the charity’s ‘Stop Kony’ movement to make indicted Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony internationally known in order to arrest him in 2012.
  The film has spread virally.As of 9 March 2012, the film currently has over 14.4 million views on Vimeo,and over 55 million views on video-sharing website YouTube, with other viewing emanating from a central “Kony2012″ website operated by Invisible Children. The intense exposure of the video caused the “Kony 2012″ website to crash shortly after it began gaining widespread popularity.^[12] The video has also seen a number of celebrities endorsing the campaign including Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Christina Milian, Nicki Minaj, Bill Gates and Kim Kardashian.On April 20, 2012, as part of the campaign, supporters will put up posters promoting Kony 2012 in their home towns. Invisible Children offers posters from an online shop in an attempt to gain wider recognition on the issue. They have also created action kits that include campaign buttons, posters, bracelets, and stickers to help spread awareness.

  Directed by	Jason Russell
  Produced by	Kimmy Vandivort Heather Longerbeam Chad Clendinen Noelle Jouglet
  Written by	Jason Russell Jedidiah Jenkins Kathryn Lang Danica Russell Ben Keesey Azy Groth
  Narrated by	Jason Russell
  Cinematography	Jason Russell Bobby Bailey Laren Poole Gavin Kelly Chad Clendinen Kevin Trout Jay Salbert, Shannon Lynch
  Editing by	Kevin Trout Jay Salbert Jesse Eslinger
  Distributed by	Invisible Children Inc.
  Release date(s)	March 5, 2012 (internet)
  Running time	30 minutes
  Country	United States
  Language	English

  

  Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord Resistance Movement

  
  
  
                                             

  

  The Lord’s Resistance army leader, Joseph Kony, pictured in 2006. Photograph: Stuart Price/AP

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Golden Globe 2012 predictions

Big three this Golden Globe

Though I have not watched all the movies nominated in the 69th Annual Global Globe Awards, whose picks help sort out key contender for the Oscars. It will be a good guessing game in predicting who will turn out to be the winner. Silent movie "The artist" seems to be the most talked about movie, picking six nominations in all big ones."The help" and "The Descendants" are tied for second place with five nominations each, both competing for best drama. Remember Golden Globe dissects the whole world into Drama and comedy or musical which means double the chance of recognition or you can say its twice the embarrassment. Here are Rdman predictions for the Golden Globe 2012 along with the nominations.



BEST PICTURE- DRAMA
THE DESCENDANTS
THE HELP
HUGO
THE IDES OF MARCH
MONEYBALL
WAR HORSE

->The Descendants/ Hugo seems good contender but War horse is more likely to get it.

BEST  ACTRESS  – DRAMA
GLENN CLOSE ALBERT NOBBS
VIOLA DAVIS THE HELP
ROONEY MARA THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
MERYL STREEP THE IRON LADY
TILDA SWINTON WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

->Voila Davis or Meryl streep

BEST ACTOR – DRAMA
GEORGE CLOONEY THE DESCENDANTS
LEONARDO DICAPRIO J. EDGAR
MICHAEL FASSBENDER SHAME
RYAN GOSLING THE IDES OF MARCH
BRAD PITT MONEYBALL

-> George Clooney ( My best actor)

BEST PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
50/50
THE ARTIST
BRIDESMAIDS
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN

-> The Artist gonna be sure shot winner.

BEST  ACTRESS  – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
JODIE FOSTER   CARNAGE
CHARLIZE THERON   YOUNG ADULT
KRISTEN WIIG   BRIDESMAIDS
MICHELLE WILLIAM   MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
KATE WINSLET   CARNAGE

->Jodie Foster

BEST ACTOR – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
JEAN DUJARDIN THE ARTIST
BRENDAN GLEESON THE GUARD
JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT 50/50
RYAN GOSLING CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE.
OWEN WILSON MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

-> Jean  Duardin for The artist.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN
ARTHUR CHRISTMAS
CARS 2
PUSS IN BOOTS
RANGO

-> The adventure of TINTIN.

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE FLOWERS OF WAR (CHINA)
IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY (USA)
THE KID WITH A BIKE (BELGIUM)
A SEPARATION (IRAN)
THE SKIN I LIVE IN (SPAIN)

-> The Skin I live from well known spanish director Pedro Almodovar.



BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
WOODY ALLEN MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
GEORGE CLOONEY THE IDES OF MARCH
MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS THE ARTIST
ALEXANDER PAYNE THE DESCENDANTS
MARTIN SCORSESE HUGO

-> Either Michel hazanavicius or Alexander Payne..though Martin scorsese is my favorite director.

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