THE WITNESS: A Tribe of Heart Documentary
How does a construction contractor from a tough Brooklyn neighborhood become an impassioned animal advocate?
In the award-winning documentary THE WITNESS, Eddie Lama explains how he feared and avoided animals for most of his life, until the love of a kitten opened his heart, inspiring him to rescue abandoned animals and bring his message of compassion to the streets of New York. With humor and sincerity, Eddie tells the story of his remarkable change in consciousness.
THE WITNESS has been an official selection in 32 film festivals where it has received eight awards for Best Documentary and two for Best of Festival. It has been broadcast on the independent film showcases of several regional PBS stations, as well as LinkTV, FreeSpeech TV, and United Kingdom's Community Channel. Thus far, the film has been translated into 11 languages, including Russian and Chinese.
Working hard to overcome the many challenges of growing up in a poor and violent Brooklyn neighborhood, Eddie Lama developed a deep sense of identification with the vulnerable and voiceless beings of our world. In one of the most moving sections of The Witness, he describes the harrowing experience of being beaten and left for dead, crying out for help and no one responding. Eddie then shares how this trauma helped him understand the plight of animals, who so often endure violence with no one to even witness their tragic fate, much less advocate on their behalf.
THE WITNESS in other languages:
PORTUGUÊS - A Testemunha - Um Documentário da Tribe of Heart
SVENSKA - Vittnet - En dokumentär från Tribe of Heart
ESPAÑOL (SUBTITULADA) - El Testigo - Un documental de Tribe Of Heart
ESPAÑOL (DOBLADA) - El Testigo - Un documental de Tribe Of Heart (DOBLADA)
РУССКИЙ - "Свидетель", документальной ленты Племени Сердец
SUOMALAINEN -The Witness - todistaja
POLSKI -Świadek - Film dokumentalny zrealizowany przez Tribe of Heart
HRVATSKI - Svjedok - Dokumentarni film organizacije Tribe of Heart
SLOVENIAN - Priča - Dokumentarni film organizacije Tribe of Heart
VIỆT -Người Chứng Kiến - Một phim tài liệu của Tribe of Heart
עברית - העד - סרט תיעודי מבית היוצר Tribe of Heart
ČESKY - Svědek - Dokumentární film od Tribe of Heart
In 2001, the Peace Abbey gave Eddie their Courage of Conscience Award.
Upon accepting it, he said, "In my lifetime I have been both the oppressor and the oppressed, both the fomenter of discord and the advocate for peace, both the perpetrator and the victim. But most significantly, I have been both the silence and the voice. It is the human voice that is the primary tool for change."
Eddie’s willingness to so openly share both the dark and the light of his own life has inspired many of those who have seen The Witness to follow his example, making a conscious decision to do all they can not to participate in the exploitation of others, be they “two-legged” or “four-legged.”
Interview Eddie Lama with Animal Libration Front
Transcript of Eddie Lama, star of The Witness and founder of the Oasis Sanctuary, May 1, 2002
Buy the DVD: http://www.witnessfilm.org/
Tribe Of Heart shop: http://www.tribeofheart.org/shop/main.htm
Animal Rights Links
Vegan Recipe & Cooking Links
Herbal & Garden Links
Martha Magenta's Poetry Links
General Topic Links
In the award-winning documentary THE WITNESS, Eddie Lama explains how he feared and avoided animals for most of his life, until the love of a kitten opened his heart, inspiring him to rescue abandoned animals and bring his message of compassion to the streets of New York. With humor and sincerity, Eddie tells the story of his remarkable change in consciousness.
THE WITNESS has been an official selection in 32 film festivals where it has received eight awards for Best Documentary and two for Best of Festival. It has been broadcast on the independent film showcases of several regional PBS stations, as well as LinkTV, FreeSpeech TV, and United Kingdom's Community Channel. Thus far, the film has been translated into 11 languages, including Russian and Chinese.
Working hard to overcome the many challenges of growing up in a poor and violent Brooklyn neighborhood, Eddie Lama developed a deep sense of identification with the vulnerable and voiceless beings of our world. In one of the most moving sections of The Witness, he describes the harrowing experience of being beaten and left for dead, crying out for help and no one responding. Eddie then shares how this trauma helped him understand the plight of animals, who so often endure violence with no one to even witness their tragic fate, much less advocate on their behalf.
THE WITNESS in other languages:
PORTUGUÊS - A Testemunha - Um Documentário da Tribe of Heart
SVENSKA - Vittnet - En dokumentär från Tribe of Heart
ESPAÑOL (SUBTITULADA) - El Testigo - Un documental de Tribe Of Heart
ESPAÑOL (DOBLADA) - El Testigo - Un documental de Tribe Of Heart (DOBLADA)
РУССКИЙ - "Свидетель", документальной ленты Племени Сердец
SUOMALAINEN -The Witness - todistaja
POLSKI -Świadek - Film dokumentalny zrealizowany przez Tribe of Heart
HRVATSKI - Svjedok - Dokumentarni film organizacije Tribe of Heart
SLOVENIAN - Priča - Dokumentarni film organizacije Tribe of Heart
VIỆT -Người Chứng Kiến - Một phim tài liệu của Tribe of Heart
עברית - העד - סרט תיעודי מבית היוצר Tribe of Heart
ČESKY - Svědek - Dokumentární film od Tribe of Heart
In 2001, the Peace Abbey gave Eddie their Courage of Conscience Award.
Upon accepting it, he said, "In my lifetime I have been both the oppressor and the oppressed, both the fomenter of discord and the advocate for peace, both the perpetrator and the victim. But most significantly, I have been both the silence and the voice. It is the human voice that is the primary tool for change."
Eddie’s willingness to so openly share both the dark and the light of his own life has inspired many of those who have seen The Witness to follow his example, making a conscious decision to do all they can not to participate in the exploitation of others, be they “two-legged” or “four-legged.”
Interview Eddie Lama with Animal Libration Front
Transcript of Eddie Lama, star of The Witness and founder of the Oasis Sanctuary, May 1, 2002
Buy the DVD: http://www.witnessfilm.org/
Tribe Of Heart shop: http://www.tribeofheart.org/shop/main.htm
Animal Rights Links
Vegan Recipe & Cooking Links
Herbal & Garden Links
Martha Magenta's Poetry Links
General Topic Links
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