Pangea Day, May 10, 2008 – The day the world comes together

May 10, 2008 is Pangea Day, when Cairo, Kigali, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Rio de Janeiro will be linked live to present a program of 24 international short films, visionary speakers, and uplifting music. The program will be broadcast to the world through the Internet, television, digital cinemas, and mobile phones. For full details, links and trailers see www.pangeaday.org.

But before you read another word, let the anthems educe within you the sense of union Pangea Day promises to fulfill, http://www.pangeaday.org/anthems.php. Hear Australia sing Lebanon's Anthem; France sing USA (the full version is a must – grab a tissue); United Kingdom sing Argentina; USA sing Mexico; Japan sing Turkey; Kenya sing India. (I don't believe I've ever heard the full version of the USA anthem before, let alone in English and French!)

During the 4-hour program, 18:00-22:00 GMT, Queen Noor of Jordan, CNN's Christiane Amanpour, musician/activist Bob Geldof and Iranian rock phenom Hypernova will speak and entertain. Forest Whitaker, Robin Williams, Goldie Hawn, Cameron Diaz and Lisa Ling invite you to Pangea Day. (Find your time on http://www.pangeaday.org/local_time.php.)

The program will be subtitled in Arabic, English, French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, and Spanish.

In 2006, filmmaker Jehane Noujaim won the TED Prize, an annual award which honors three individuals with the potential to change the world. She was granted $100,000 and chose to create a day in which the world will come together through film.

The producers of Pangea Day add: "Of course, movies alone can't change the world. But the people who watch them can. So following Pangea Day organizers will facilitate community-building activities around the world by connecting inspired viewers with numerous organizations that are already doing groundbreaking work."