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The clashes in Kiev are growing more and more violent, and as one young woman becomes the face of the protesters, more than 200,000 people are tuning in to watch to protests via live stream. Over the past few months, frightening photos of the Ukraine protests have been circling around the web, and this week 26 people were killed in the clashes. Meanwhile, filmmaker Ben Moses recently created more buzz with his video "I Am a Ukrainian," which quickly went viral. In it, a woman identifies herself as a protester and explains what, exactly, she's protesting. "There is only one reason," she says. "We want to be free from a dictatorship." Opening up about his experience in Ukraine and the inspiration behind his video, Ben spoke to Huffington Post: "Meeting the people in the protests - many families with children - and hearing their stories propelled me to try and do something...

“I am a Ukrainian, and this needs to go viral,” is the message in this video from a protestor in Ukraine, currently in the midst of violent government repression. As reported by Deborah Stambler in the Huffington Post, the video was “put together” by filmmaker Ben Moses, who is currently at work on a documentary, A Whisper to a Roar, about democracy activists around the world. The video, posted several days ago, has indeed gone viral, attracting almost one million views on YouTube. According to Stambler, there are some who dub it a hoax (one YouTube commenter accuses it of […]...

“I am a Ukrainian, and this needs to go viral,” is the message in this video from a protestor in Ukraine, currently in the midst of violent government repression. As reported by Deborah Stambler in the Huffington Post, the video was “put together” by filmmaker Ben Moses, who is currently at work on a documentary, A Whisper to a Roar, about democracy activists around the world. The video, posted several days ago, has indeed gone viral, attracting almost one million views on YouTube. According to Stambler, there are some who dub it a hoax (one YouTube commenter accuses it of […]...

A Whisper to a Roar focuses on struggles for democracy in five very different nations around the world, where the lack of fair elections and the violent oppression of political rivals by those who should never have been put in charge in the first place is more than enough cause to act. The various countries and cultures that the film showcases are all very different, but the one thing they have in common is a desire for change, even as the government that they rely on to protect their rights seems intent on squashing them underfoot. These people are as heroic as they come without having superpowers.

With smooth narration by actor Alfred Molina and quality direction from filmmaker Ben Moses (best known for producing Good Morning Vietnam), A Whisper to a Roar utilizes news clips, live footage, interviews and even animated sequences to show how powerful people can be...

Title: A Whisper to a Roar Director: Ben Moses A sort of voting rights companion piece to Steve York’s “A Force More Powerful,” which was a rangy nonfiction film about non-violent resistance movements around the world and spanning time, Ben Moses’ “A Whisper to a Roar” is a powerful documentary that ties together the heroic and ongoing efforts of democracy activists in five countries, and reaffirms the human spirit’s innate desire for freedom. “It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong,” Voltaire once wrote, and “A Whisper to a Roar” offers up ample evidence of this axiom, in the form of lethal pushback by dictators, autocrats and other corrupted power systems [ Read More ]

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