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KONY 2012

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    JASON: Right now there
    are more people on Facebook
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    than there were on the planet
    200 years ago.
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    Humanity's greatest desire
    is to belong and connect.
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    And now we see each other.
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    We hear each other.
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    -WOMAN: Grandpa, I love you.
    -BOY: I love you.
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    WOMAN: Why --
    Why won't it take a picture?
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    JASON:
    We share what we love,
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    and it reminds us
    what we all have in common.
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    WOMAN: Out alive and well
    after 7 1/2 days.
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    BOY:
    If you believe in yourself,
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    you will know how
    to ride a bike!
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    Rock and roll!
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    WOMAN: So, now, technically,
    your device is on.
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    -WOMAN: #2: [ Laughs ]
    -WOMAN: Can you tell?
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    Oh, that's exciting.
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    JASON:
    And this connection is changing
    the way the world works.
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    Governments
    are trying to keep up.
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    [ Indistinct chanting ]
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    And older generations
    are concerned.
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    GIGOT: Many people are
    very concerned about tomorrow
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    because they could get worse
    next year.
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    JASON:
    The game has new rules.
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    The next 27 minutes
    are an experiment.
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    But in order for it to work,
    you have to pay attention.
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    [ Monitor beeping ]
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    NURSE: Oh, he's cute.
    He's really cute.
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    Wow.
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    DOCTOR:
    Congratulations.
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    MOM: I can hear him.
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    [ Baby crying ]
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    JASON: Every single person
    in the world started this way.
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    He didn't choose where
    or when he was born.
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    But because he's here,
    he matters.
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    Yeah.
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    My name is Jason Russell,
    and this is my son, Gavin.
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    [ Slides clicking ]
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    He loves jumping
    on the trampoline,
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    being a ninja, and dancing.
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    What are you doing?
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    GAVIN:
    Making a snow angel.
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    -JASON: How do you do that?
    -GAVIN: You do this.
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    ♪ Dee-dee-dee, dee-dee-dee,
    dee-dee-dee-dee-dee ♪
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    JASON: And just like his dad,
    he likes being in movies...
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    Action.
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    GAVIN: Look out!
    Look out, people!
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    Run! It's a bomb!
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    JASON:
    ...and making movies.
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    GAVIN:
    Daddy, watch this.
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    JASON: But he was born into
    a pretty complicated world.
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    And as a dad, I want him to grow
    up in a better world than I did.
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    And because of the course
    of events in my life,
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    I see a way to get there.
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    It has become my job.
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    Who are you to end a war?
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    I'm here to tell you
    who are you not to.
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    Hey, Gavin. What's up?
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    Years before Gavin was born,
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    the course of my life was
    changed entirely by another boy.
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    And who's this right here?
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    GAVIN: Jacob.
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    JASON: Who's Jacob?
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    GAVIN:
    Jacob is our friend in Africa.
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    JASON:
    It's been almost 10 years since
    Jacob and I became friends.
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    [ Laughter ]
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    It's okay.
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    They're nice 'cause
    they're different than sharks.
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    But when my friends and I
    first met him
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    in Uganda in Central Africa,
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    it was in very different
    circumstances.
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    He was running for his life.
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    -MAN: You go to school here?
    -JACOB: Yes.
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    MAN: Yes. That's how you know
    English so well.
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    -JACOB: I know.
    -MAN: Yeah.
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    How many nights
    have you stayed here?
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    JASON:
    The night I first met Jacob,
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    he told me what he and other
    children in northern Uganda
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    were living through.
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    This is absurd.
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    Hmm.
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    After spending a few weeks
    with Jacob,
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    he told me something
    I would never forget.
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    He told me more
    about his brother
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    and what he would say to him
    if he were still alive.
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    -Hmm?
    -JACOB: [ Sobbing ]
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    JASON: Everything in my heart
    told me to do something.
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    And so I made him a promise.
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    JACOB: Yes.
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    JASON: Hmm?
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    We're going to stop them.
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    I made that promise to Jacob
    not knowing what it would mean.
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    But now I do.
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    Over the past nine years,
    I have fought to fulfill it,
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    and the fight has led me here,
    to this movie you're watching,
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    because that promise
    is not just about Jacob or me.
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    It's also about you.
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    And this year, 2012, is the year
    that we can finally fulfill it.
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    And if we succeed, we change
    the course of human history.
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    But time is running out.
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    To level with you, this movie
    expires on December 31, 2012,
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    and its only purpose is to stop
    the rebel group the LRA
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    and their leader, Joseph Kony.
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    And I'm about to tell you
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    exactly how
    we're going to do it.
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    [ Up-tempo music plays ]
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    So, the thing is,
    my son, Gavin, has never --
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    I've never really explained
    to him what I do.
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    He knows I work in Africa,
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    but he doesn't know what the war
    is about or who Joseph Kony is,
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    so I'm gonna explain it to him
    for the first time today.
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    That's what we're doing.
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    -So, Gav.
    -GAVIN: Yeah.
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    -JASON: Are you ready?
    -GAVIN: Yeah.
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    JASON: I'm gonna ask you
    some questions.
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    And you can just look at me
    and answer the questions to me.
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    GAVIN:
    I'm kind of nervous.
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    JASON:
    What do I do for a job?
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    GAVIN: You stop the bad guys
    from being mean.
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    JASON:
    Who are the bad guys?
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    GAVIN: Um...
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    JASON: Do you know
    where they --
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    GAVIN:
    "Star Wars" people.
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    -JASON: "Star Wars" people?
    -GAVIN: Yeah.
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    -JASON: Those are the bad guys?
    -GAVIN: Yeah.
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    JASON: Can I tell you
    the bad guy's name?
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    GAVIN: Yeah.
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    JASON: This is the --
    This is the guy, Joseph Kony.
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    GAVIN:
    He's the bad guy?
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    JASON: Yeah.
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    -Who's this?
    -GAVIN:Jacob.
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    JASON: Joseph Kony --
    He has an army, okay?
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    And what he does
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    is he takes children
    from their parents
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    and he gives them a gun to shoot
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    and he makes them shoot
    and kill other people.
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    GAVIN: But they're not
    gonna do what he says
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    because they're nice guys,
    right?
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    JASON: Yeah, they don't
    want to do what he says,
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    but he forces them
    to do bad things.
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    What do you think
    about that?
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    -GAVIN: It's sad.
    -JASON: Mm.
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    I couldn't explain to Gavin
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    the details of what Joseph Kony
    really does.
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    Because the truth is,
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    Kony abducts kids
    just like Gavin.
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    For 26 years, Kony
    has been kidnapping children
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    into his rebel group, the LRA...
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    ...turning the girls
    into sex slaves...
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    ...and the boys
    into child soldiers.
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    He makes them mutilate
    people's faces.
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    And he forces them
    to kill their own parents.
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    And this is not
    just a few children.
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    It's been over 30,000 of them.
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    And Jacob
    was one of those children.
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    As if Kony's crimes
    aren't bad enough,
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    he is not fighting
    for any cause,
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    but only to maintain his power.
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    He is not supported by anyone,
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    and he has repeatedly
    used peace talks
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    to rearm and murder
    again and again.
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    This is the head prosecutor
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    for the International
    Criminal Court.
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    In 2002,
    when the court was started,
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    their job was to find
    and demand the arrest
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    of the world's worst criminals.
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    Although there are
    a lot of warlords,
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    murderers, and dictators
    in the world,
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    the perversity of Kony's crimes
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    made him first
    on the court's list.
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    What do you think
    we should do about him?
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    GAVIN:
    We should stop him.
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    JASON:
    We should stop who?
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    GAVIN: Him.
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    JASON: It's obvious
    that Kony should be stopped.
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    The problem is, 99% of the
    planet doesn't know who he is.
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    If they knew, Kony would have
    been stopped long ago.
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    When my friends and I
    came home from Uganda,
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    we thought that
    if the government knew,
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    they would do something
    to stop him.
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    But everyone in Washington
    we talked to
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    said there is no way
    the United States
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    will ever get involved
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    in a conflict
    where our national security
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    or financial interests
    aren't at stake.
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    PRENDERGAST:
    No administration --
    Republican, Democrat,
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    Obama, Bush, Clinton,
    doesn't matter --
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    would do enough
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    because it's simply not
    an important-enough issue
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    on the radar screen
    of American foreign policy.
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    JASON: Since the government
    said it was impossible,
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    we didn't know what else to do
    but tell everyone we could
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    about Jacob
    and the invisible children.
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    Show this movie
    to as many people as possible
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    in such a way
    that we can't be ignored.
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    And when we did,
    people were shocked,
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    and their awareness
    turned into action.
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    We started something --
    a community.
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    WOMAN: I have friends that have
    been living in this conflict
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    their entire life.
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    Fight for that because that is
    what is gonna change this world,
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    and that is what defines us.
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    JASON: We got creative,
    and we got loud.
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    ALL: It's not over!
    It's not over! It's not over!
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    JASON: And as the LRA began
    to move into other countries,
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    Jacob and other Ugandans
    came to the U.S.
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    to speak on behalf of all people
    suffering because of Kony.
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    Even though Uganda
    was relatively safe,
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    they felt compelled
    to tell the world
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    that Kony was still out there
    and had to be stopped.
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    We built a community
    around the idea
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    that where you live shouldn't
    determine whether you live.
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    We were committed to stop Kony
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    and rebuild
    what he had destroyed.
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    And because we couldn't wait
    for institutions
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    or governments to step in,
    we did it ourselves
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    with our time, talent,
    and money.
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    So we rebuilt schools.
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    We created jobs.
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    And we built
    an early warning radio network
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    on the front line of the war
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    to protect villages
    from rebel attacks.
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    MAN: To update real time
    what's happening on a war zone
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    8,000 miles away.
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    JASON: All of this was funded
    by an army of young people
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    who put their money
    toward their belief
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    in the value of all human life.
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    They gave a few dollars a month
    of what little they had
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    to a program called TRI
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    and proved
    that a bunch of littles
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    could make a big difference.
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    And as a result,
    the unseen became visible.
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    ♪ Stars hide your fires ♪
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    ♪ These here are my desires ♪
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    ♪ And I won't give them up
    to you this time around ♪
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    ♪ And so ♪
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    ♪ But you... ♪
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    ♪ ...rightfully mine ♪
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    JASON: So, with hundreds of
    thousands of people with us,
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    we went back
    to Washington, D.C.,
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    and we met with congressmen
    and senators one by one
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    on both sides --
    Republicans, Democrats --
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    and they all agreed with us.
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    Joseph Kony's crimes
    had to be stopped.
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    INHOFE: With all the problems
    that are out there,
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    none is more severe
    than one that -- that mutilates
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    and takes the lives
    of little kids.
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    DAVIS:
    These young members of the
    Invisible Children Organization
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    know that no child
    should live in fear
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    of being abducted or killed.
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    McGOVERN:
    So they were determined
    to become their voice.
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    They realized that these
    African children and families
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    were invisible
    to Washington policymakers.
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    So they decided
    to make them visible.
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    JASON: And what I was told
    would never happen
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    suddenly became possible.
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    "In furtherance
    of the Congress's stated policy,
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    "I have authorized
    a small number of U.S. forces
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    "to deploy to Central Africa
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    "to provide assistance
    to regional forces
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    "that are working toward
    the removal
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    "of Joseph Kony
    from the battlefield.
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    Sincerely, Barack Obama."
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    [ Cheers and applause ]
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    RICE: Through advice
    and assistance --
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    not putting Americans
    into combat --
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    to help the countries
    of the region
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    end this threat
    once and for all.
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    And that was
    a worthwhile investment.
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    [ Cheers and applause ]
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    [ Ululating ]
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    JASON:
    After eight years of work,
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    the government finally heard us.
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    And in October of 2011,
    a hundred American advisers
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    were sent into Central Africa
    to assist the Ugandan army
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    in arresting Kony
    and stopping the LRA.
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    It was the first time in history
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    that the United States
    took that kind of action
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    because the people demanded it.
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    Not for self-defense,
    but because it was right.
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    We've come so far.
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    But Kony is still out there.
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    He's recently changed
    his tactics,
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    making it even more difficult
    to capture him.
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    And international support
    could be removed at any time.
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    It's hard to look back
    on some parts of human history.
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    Because when we heard
    about injustice,
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    we cared,
    but we didn't know what to do.
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    Too often we did nothing.
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    But if we're going
    to change that,
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    we have to start somewhere,
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    so we're starting here
    with Joseph Kony
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    because now we know what to do.
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    Here it is. Ready?
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    In order for Kony
    to be arrested this year,
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    the Ugandan military
    has to find him.
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    In order to find him,
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    they need
    the technology and training
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    to track him in the vast jungle.
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    That's where
    the American advisers come in.
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    But in order for the American
    advisers to be there,
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    the U.S. government
    has to deploy them.
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    They've done that, but if
    the government doesn't believe
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    that people care
    about arresting Kony,
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    the mission will be canceled.
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    In order for the people to care,
    they have to know.
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    And they will only know
    if Kony's name is everywhere.
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    This is the dream.
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    Kony arrested
    for all the world to see,
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    and the abducted children
    returned home.
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    -Here's the biggest problem.
    -GAVIN: Yeah.
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    JASON: Do you want to know
    what it is?
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    -GAVIN: Yeah.
    -JASON: Nobody knows who he is.
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    GAVIN: Nobody knows, but --
    but I know who he is
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    because I see him
    on this picture right now.
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    JASON: He's not famous.
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    He's invisible.
    Joseph Kony's invisible.
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    Here is how we're
    going to make him visible.
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    We are going to make Joseph Kony
    a household name
  • 23:02 - 23:06
    not to celebrate him, but to
    bring his crimes to the light.
  • 23:06 - 23:09
    And we are starting this year,
    2012.
  • 23:09 - 23:12
    We are targeting
    20 culture makers
  • 23:12 - 23:16
    and 12 policymakers
    to use their power for good.
  • 23:16 - 23:18
    Let's start
    with the 20 culture makers.
  • 23:18 - 23:23
    Celebrities, athletes, and
    billionaires have a loud voice,
  • 23:23 - 23:26
    and what they talk about
    spreads instantly.
  • 23:37 - 23:40
    If our goal
    is to get Kony's name known,
  • 23:40 - 23:42
    the known should join us.
  • 23:42 - 23:44
    We are targeting
    20 of the most diverse
  • 23:44 - 23:48
    and influential culture makers
    to speak out about Kony
  • 23:48 - 23:50
    and make him famous.
  • 23:50 - 23:51
    -MAN: Oprah.
    -WOMAN: Mark Zuckerberg.
  • 23:51 - 23:53
    -MAN #2: Ryan Seacrest.
    -WOMAN #2: Bono.
  • 23:53 - 23:55
    JASON: Then we're going
    after policymakers --
  • 23:55 - 23:59
    the ones that have the authority
    to see Kony captured.
  • 23:59 - 24:02
    They decide
    if the advisers stay or leave.
  • 24:02 - 24:05
    So we need to remind them
    that in this election year
  • 24:05 - 24:09
    of fighting and name-calling,
    no matter what side you're on,
  • 24:09 - 24:13
    this is something
    we can all agree on.
  • 24:13 - 24:15
    FEINGOLD:
    If a senator or congressman
    notices 25 phone calls
  • 24:15 - 24:18
    on any issue on any given day,
    it is noted.
  • 24:18 - 24:21
    PRENDERGAST: When citizens
    by the hundreds of thousands
  • 24:21 - 24:24
    start demanding that
    our government do something,
  • 24:24 - 24:27
    suddenly it becomes
    in the national interest
  • 24:27 - 24:30
    of the United States government
    to respond to this problem.
  • 24:30 - 24:32
    JASON: We've identified
    the 12 policymakers
  • 24:32 - 24:35
    that could change the game
    regarding Kony,
  • 24:35 - 24:37
    so we're targeting them.
  • 24:37 - 24:40
    On our Website, we've made
    it easy to write them directly,
  • 24:40 - 24:43
    call them, meet with them,
    and get their attention.
  • 24:43 - 24:46
    If my son were kidnapped
    and forced to kill,
  • 24:46 - 24:48
    it would be all over the news.
  • 24:48 - 24:51
    So we are making Kony world news
  • 24:51 - 24:55
    by redefining the propaganda
    we see all day, every day
  • 24:55 - 24:58
    that dictates who
    and what we pay attention to.
  • 24:58 - 25:01
    FAIREY:
    A lot of people feel powerless
    to communicate their ideas.
  • 25:01 - 25:04
    They think that, "Okay,
    you know, I'm not a corporation.
  • 25:04 - 25:07
    "I don't own my own magazine
    or news station.
  • 25:07 - 25:08
    I just don't have any say."
  • 25:08 - 25:10
    But seeing what I've done,
  • 25:10 - 25:12
    I think it's empowered
    a lot of people to realize
  • 25:12 - 25:14
    that one individual
    can make an impact.
  • 25:14 - 25:16
    And I actually
    want to demystify and say,
  • 25:16 - 25:17
    "Here are these
    really simple tools.
  • 25:17 - 25:19
    Go out and rock it."
  • 25:19 - 25:22
    JASON: And that's just
    what we intend to do.
  • 25:22 - 25:25
    ♪ I can't stop ♪
  • 25:25 - 25:30
    JASON: Our goal is to change
    the conversation of our culture
  • 25:30 - 25:33
    and get people to ask,
    "Who is Joseph Kony?"
  • 25:33 - 25:36
    We have printed hundreds
    of thousands of posters,
  • 25:36 - 25:40
    stickers, yard signs, and fliers
    that are right now, today,
  • 25:40 - 25:44
    being put up in major cities
    all over the world.
  • 25:44 - 25:46
    We have thousands
    of "Kony 2012" bracelets
  • 25:46 - 25:49
    that we want everyone to wear
    this year only.
  • 25:50 - 25:53
    Each bracelet
    has a unique I.D. number.
  • 25:53 - 25:57
    Input that number and you enter
    the mission to make Kony famous.
  • 25:57 - 25:59
    You can geotag your posters
  • 25:59 - 26:02
    and track your impact
    in real time.
  • 26:02 - 26:06
    Everything you need is in a box
    called the Action Kit.
  • 26:06 - 26:09
    It has two bracelets -- one
    for you and one to give away.
  • 26:09 - 26:12
    And if you want to help fund
    our lifesaving programs,
  • 26:12 - 26:15
    donate a few dollars
    a month through TRI
  • 26:15 - 26:18
    and you can have the Action Kit
    for free.
  • 26:18 - 26:20
    Start making Kony famous today,
  • 26:20 - 26:24
    but all of these efforts
    will culminate on one day --
  • 26:24 - 26:27
    April 20th --
    when we cover the night.
  • 26:27 - 26:30
    This is the day
    when we will meet at sundown
  • 26:30 - 26:32
    and blanket every street
  • 26:32 - 26:34
    in every city
    till the sun comes up.
  • 26:34 - 26:37
    We will be smart,
    and we will be thorough.
  • 26:37 - 26:39
    The rest of the world
    will go to bed Friday night
  • 26:39 - 26:42
    and wake up to hundreds
    of thousands of posters
  • 26:42 - 26:44
    demanding justice
    on every corner.
  • 26:44 - 26:51
    ♪ I can't stop ♪
  • 26:51 - 26:58
    ♪ I can't stop ♪
  • 26:58 - 27:00
    ♪ I can't stop ♪
  • 27:04 - 27:08
    JASON: It's always been that
    the decisions made by the few
  • 27:08 - 27:10
    with the money and the power
  • 27:10 - 27:12
    dictated the priorities
    of their government
  • 27:12 - 27:15
    and the stories in the media.
  • 27:15 - 27:20
    They determine the lives and the
    opportunities of their citizens.
  • 27:20 - 27:23
    But now there is something
    bigger than that.
  • 27:23 - 27:26
    The people of the world
    see each other
  • 27:26 - 27:29
    and can protect each other.
  • 27:29 - 27:32
    It's turning the system
    upside down,
  • 27:32 - 27:35
    and it changes everything.
  • 27:52 - 27:56
    We have reached
    a crucial time in history
  • 27:56 - 28:01
    where what we do
    or don't do right now
  • 28:01 - 28:03
    will affect every generation
    to come.
  • 28:03 - 28:07
    Arresting Joseph Kony will prove
  • 28:07 - 28:09
    that the world we live in
    has new rules,
  • 28:09 - 28:13
    that the technology that has
    brought our planet together
  • 28:13 - 28:17
    is allowing us to respond
    to the problems of our friends.
  • 28:23 - 28:26
    We are not just studying
    human history.
  • 28:26 - 28:28
    We are shaping it.
  • 28:28 - 28:31
    At the end of my life,
  • 28:31 - 28:34
    I want to say that the world
    we've left behind
  • 28:34 - 28:37
    is one that Gavin
    can be proud of,
  • 28:37 - 28:41
    a place that doesn't allow
    Joseph Konys and child soldiers,
  • 28:41 - 28:45
    a place where children,
    no matter where they live,
  • 28:45 - 28:47
    have a childhood free from fear.
  • 28:47 - 28:49
    GAVIN:
    I'm gonna be like you, Dad.
  • 28:49 - 28:51
    JASON: When you grow up?
  • 28:51 - 28:52
    -GAVIN: Yeah.
    -JASON: Are you sure?
  • 28:52 - 28:56
    GAVIN: I'm gonna come with you
    to Africa.
  • 28:56 - 29:00
    JASON: The better world we want
    is coming.
  • 29:00 - 29:05
    It's just waiting for us
    to stop at nothing.
  • 29:10 - 29:14
    -- Captions by VITAC --
    www.vitac.com
Title:
KONY 2012
Description:

KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice.
Pledge your support at http://www.kony2012.com/ and continue to share this story.

GOAL: 500,000 shares

DIRECTOR: Jason Russell LEAD EDITOR: Kathryn Lang EDITORS: Kevin Trout, Jay Salbert, Jesse Eslinger LEAD ANIMATOR: Chad Clendinen ANIMATOR: Jesse Eslinger 3-D MODELING: Victor Soto VISUAL EFFECTS: Chris Hop WRITERS: Jason Russell, Jedidiah Jenkins, Kathryn Lang, Danica Russell, Ben Keesey, Azy Groth PRODUCERS: Kimmy Vandivort, Heather Longerbeam, Chad Clendinen, Noelle Jouglet ORIGINAL SCORES: Joel P. West SOUND MIX: Stephen Grubbs, Mark Friedgen, Smart Post Sound COLOR: Damian Pelphrey, Company 3 CINEMATOGRAPHY: Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey, Laren Poole, Gavin Kelly, Chad Clendinen, Kevin Trout, Jay Salbert, Shannon Lynch PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Jaime Landsverk LEAD DESIGNER: Tyler Fordham DESIGNERS: Chadwick Gantes, Stephen Witmer

MUSIC CREDIT:
"02 Ghosts I"
Performed by Nine Inch Nails
Written by Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor
Produced by Alan Moulder, Atticus Ross, and Trent Reznor
Nine Inch Nails appear courtesy of The Null Corporation

"Punching in a Dream"
Performed by The Naked and Famous
Written by Aaron Short, Alisa Xayalith, and Thom Powers
Produced by Thom Powers
The Naked and Famous appear courtesy of Somewhat Damaged and Universal Republic

"Arrival of the Birds"
Performed by The Cinematic Orchestra
Written by The Cinematic Orchestra
Produced by The Cinematic Orchestra
The Cinematic Orchestra appears courtesy of Disney Records

"Roll Away Your Stone"
Performed by Mumford and Sons
Written by Benjamin Lovett, Edward Dwane, Marcus Mumford, and Winston Marshall
Produced by Markus Dravs
Mumford and Sons appear courtesy of Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC

"On (Instrumental)"
Performed by Bloc Party
Written by Bloc Party
Produced by Jacknife Lee
Bloc Party appears courtesy of Vice Records

"A Dream within a Dream"
Performed by The Glitch Mob
The Glitch Mob appears courtesy of Glass Air

"I Can't Stop"
Performed by Flux Pavilion
Flux Pavilion appears courtesy of Circus Records Limited
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Video Language:
English
Duration:
29:59
VITAC_Captions edited English subtitles for KONY 2012
VITAC_Captions edited English subtitles for KONY 2012
VITAC_Captions added a translation

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