Dear Friends of TED,

Now this is exciting.  A powerful, 2-minute TED video has just been given star billing at YouTube and I need your help to get it to spread further…

The video heralds the launch of Pangea Day, called for by 2006 TED prize winner, Jehane Noujaim. For the next 24 hours, it is being featured on YouTube’s global home-page as well as all nine of YouTube’s international home-pages.

Maybe it's just me, but every time I see this trailer, it sets my spine a-tingling. I hope you’ll take a minute to view it, rate it, write a quick comment about it and then blog it, or pass the link along to friends.  Each of these actions will have a multiplying effect and will help us reach out to thousands of film-makers around the world who we need to submit content for possible inclusion in Pangea Day

The project is taking off, and its ambition level is spectacular. On May 10, 2008 - Pangea Day - Jehane’s wish will come to fruition as sites in New York City, Rio, London, Dharamsala, Cairo, Jerusalem, and Kigali will be video-conferenced live to produce a 4-hour program of powerful films - supplemented by visionary speakers, and global musicians. The purpose: to use the power of film to promote better understanding of our common humanity. A global audience will watch through the Internet, television, digital cinemas, and mobile phones.

A powerful advisory board has come together to support the project. It includes:
            JJ Abrams
            Lawrence Bender
            Nancy Buirski
            lan Cumming
            Ami Dar
            Cameron Diaz
            Goldie Hawn
            Vik Muniz
            Clare Munn
            Eboo Patel
            Alexander Payne
            Meg Ryan
            Deborah Scranton
            Jeff Skoll
            Philippe Starck
            Yossi Vardi
            Kevin Wall
            Will.i.am

If you’re interested learning more and/or helping out, please send an email to Pangea Day executive director Delia Cohen (delia@ted.com).  More details are available at the project's beautiful website created for us by Avenue A/Razorfish: pangeaday.org.

Now enjoy the film!

Very best,


Chris Anderson
TED Curator

P.S. The TED talk in which Jehane unveiled her wish for Pangea Day is here.