This five-part series reveals the surprisingly vital cultural underbellies of global cities that have recently suffered war, disaster or unrest. Featuring the turbulent cities of Beirut, Kiev, Athens, Port-au-Prince and Medellin in Columbia; each compelling episode follows three or four young passionate artists and one Canadian ex-pat. These artists break the status quo of their environments to produce art as a form of protest, as a means of survival, as an agent of change and as a display of courage.
Episodes
Interrupt This Program Medellin
This episode of Interrupt This Program visits Colombia's city of Medellin, once considered the most dangerous place in the world. Here a rapper, a musician, a filmmaker and an urban planner take us on a tour of their city currently experiencing a cultural renaissance.
- 2015
- 00:21:55
- 15-17
- Added on: 01/11/2016
Interrupt This Program Athens
The third episode of Interrupt The Program visits Athens, Greece. A photographer, an electronic pop band, a mural artist and a writer demonstrate how art is a means of survival in the midst of a city under economic crisis.
- 2015
- 00:21:58
- 15-17
- Added on: 12/01/2015
Interrupt This Program Kiev
The second episode of Interrupt The Program takes us to Ukraine and the city of Kiev, where we meet a poet, a rocker and a performance artist. They continue to push creative boundaries in a city that is struggling in the wake of the Euromaidan Revolution.
- 2015
- 00:21:53
- 15-17
- Added on: 11/23/2015
Interrupt This Program Beirut
The opening episode of the Interrupt This Program series takes us to Lebanon and the city of Beirut. The artists we meet — a writer, a graffiti artist, a hip-hop artist and a Baladi (belly) dancer — embody art as protest in a post-civil war city divided by religion.
- 2015
- 00:22:01
- 15-17
- Added on: 11/20/2015
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