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By-Standing: The Beginning of an American Lifetime

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Producer(s)	Karin Chien
Director(s)	Karen Lin
Release Date	2007
Runtime	05:00 min
Format(s)	DVD
Youth Media	no
Educational Materials	Yes

Film Description

By-Standing is a collision of two worlds: the fusion of the visual dynamics of the music video format with the explosive delivery style of spoken word poetry. Set in the big city backdrops of Chicago and New York City, the film speaks about the existence of war throughout our lives even in times of so-called peace. The hope was for us to tear ourselves away from polemics and rhetoric to understand at the fundamental level that war affects us all. To understand that for every person that suffers at our hands, whether near or far, we all bear the consequences as we deprive each other and ourselves from the essential human right to peace that gives us the opportunity to live our lives however we choose.