Toronto, ON - Despite receiving many requests from viewers, MuchMusic is refusing to play a new anti-war music video, "Power of the People," produced by independent Toronto artist Sara Marlowe.

The music video is one hundred percent Canadian content, produced professionally by working industry professionals, and is mastered to MuchMusic's guidelines, including Closed Captioning. "We've met their broadcast requirements," Sara Marlowe states. "I believe it is the political content of the song that they deem 'unfit for broadcast' and that ‘does not fit their format.' "

Sara Marlowe is asking all peace and independent media activists to continue requesting the video by emailing MuchMusic at ondemand@muchmusic.com . "Progressive independent music videos should be a part of the regular programming of a TV station that claims to be providing a platform for the voices of several generations of music makers and fans to be seen and heard” says Marlowe.

The video has been released during the World Against War week organized by Artists Against War ( http://www.artistsagainstwar.ca ) where the video premiered on Tuesday. The video has also been released to coincide with the global days of action against the war and occupation of Iraq, taking place March 19th - 21 st ( http://www.acp-cpa.ca/en/M19_21events.htm ).

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Sara Marlowe's Power of the People:

A New Music Video Celebrating the Peace Movement

“Power of the People”, a new music video by Toronto's Sara Marlowe and Alex Lisman (producer) will be released during World Against War Week: a Festival of Creative Action, March 13-19th. It will premiere at “Fruition: An Evening of Art, Music & Words for Peace” on March 15th at the Lula Lounge. “Power of the People” from Sara's latest CD release, “times like these…”, can be heard on radio in Canada, the United States, Europe and Australia.

“Power of the People” is a celebration of music and the peace movement and is being released just in time to encourage Canadians to participate in the March 19th global day of action calling for an end to military occupation in Iraq. Peace marches will be happening in numerous countries around the world, including Canada, Brazil, the United States, the UK, Turkey, New Zealand, India, South Korea, Thailand, and the Philippines.

Herizons Magazine calls Sara a ‘great singer-songwriter' and Sing Out! The Folk Song Magazine describes her music as ‘very reminiscent of ani difranco with strong lyrics that compel attention'. She has released 2 full-length CDs and a single, which are selling in Canada, the US and Europe.

Sara's songs have appeared on compilations in Canada, the UK and the US, notably on ‘One Big No' by ‘Artists Against War,' [with the Barenaked Ladies, Chris Brown & Kate Fenner] and ‘PEACE NOT WAR' Vol. 2, [with Michael Franti, ani difranco and Jane's Addiction]. She has played at numerous peace marches and social justice events, sharing the stage with Chris Brown, Anne Feeney, David Rovics, Evelyn Parry, Bruce Cockburn, and David Suzuki. Sara can be seen regularly around Toronto at the Free Times, Sneaky Dees, Oasis, Degrassi House, Kathedral, Black Swan, Transac Club, Lula lounge and others. Sara was also a Spotlight Artist on New Songs for Peace (www.newsongsforpeace.org), a UNESCO endorsed music project that has featured artists Chumbawumba, Kitaro and Alison Crowe.

Alex Lisman, the music video's producer, director, and cameraperson, is an independent filmmaker and cinematographer working in Toronto. His previous work includes Victoria folk artist Kevin Cryderman's "Joe DiMaggio" that was featured on Much Music's Indy Spotlight and the popular short documentary "Peace Now", produced by the Toronto Video Activist Collective, which covered over nine months of peace activism in Toronto and Ottawa, culminating in the massive peace music festival “One Big No” at Nathan Phillips Square in April 2003.

For more details or to request a copy: saramarlowe@yahoo.com or (416) 280-6456.

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