Product Description

Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 04/13/2004

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #85603 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-04-13
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, Compilation, DVD, Dolby, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 388 minutes

Amazon.com
The power of popular music has been harnessed numerous times on behalf of various causes. But few of those efforts have been as powerful as 46664, an extraordinary program that is at once both entertaining and edifying, both sobering and uplifting.

Named after the number worn during his 18-year imprisonment by Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa and the inspiration for this global initiative, 46664 was created to draw attention to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa. The main event, organized by Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen and Dave Stewart of Eurythmics, was a November 2003 concert in Cape Town, and it's quite a show, preserved here by more than four hours of performance footage spread out over two discs. An impressive international cast is on hand, including several veterans of rock charity events (Bob Geldof, Peter Gabriel, U2's Bono and the Edge). But there's a lot of younger blood here as well (Beyonce, the Corrs, Anastacia, DJ Paul Oakenfold), as well as Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens), Italian star Zucchero, reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff, and, appropriately, many African performers, including Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Youssou N'Dour. Some fine music and very cool collaborations result (Queen, Zucchero and Sharon Corr? Sounds weird, but it works). Most important, the reason for all of this is never overlooked, as both live performers and various taped celebrities deliver messages about the HIV/AIDS crisis (26 million people are afflicted in sub-Saharan Africa alone) designed to inform, encourage, and admonish.

Most of the two-plus hours of special features are pretty standard: a "making of" documentary, interviews, photos, etc. But "A Minute of Art," a collection of 12 brief (about a minute each) films by a host of international visual artists, is quite wonderful, as is "Spirit of Africa," a beautifully shot film that movingly personalizes the AIDS catastrophe on that continent. --Sam Graham

Customer Reviews

An all star concert for a good cause
Nelson Mandela's 46664 concert to fight AIDS in Africa will be released on DVD in the US on April 13th. The entire concert (some 6½ hours long) will be featured on the 2 DVD set.Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0Video: (assuming it's identical to other countries releases) anamorphic widescreen.Here are the performances;
Beyonce - Crazy in Love (46664 version)
Bob Geldof - Speech
Bob Geldof - Redemption Song
Queen, David A Stewart - Say It's Not True
Paul Oakenfold/Shifty Shellshock and TC - Starry Eyed Surprise
Paul Oakenfold/Shifty Shellshock and TC With Amampondo Drummers - Ready Steady Go
Baaba Maal - Baayo
Baaba Maal - Njilou
Youssou n'Dour -Africa Dream Again
Yusuf Islam, Peter Gabriel - Wild World
Peter Gabriel, Youssou n'Dour, Angelique Kidjo - In Your Eyes
Peter Gabriel, Youssou n Dour - Biko
Bono, The Edge, Beyonce, David A Stewart - American Prayer
Bono, The Edge, David A Stewart, Youssou n Dour, Abdel Wright - 46664 (Long Walk to Freedom)
Nelson Mandela - Speech
Queen - Invincible Hope/46664-The Call/The Show Must Go On
Angelique Kidjo - Afrika
Yvonne Chaka Chaka - Umquombothi
Bongo Maffin - The Way
Johnny Clegg and guests - Asimbonanga
Johnny Clegg, Jimmy Cliff - People
Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers To Cross
Jimmy Cliff - I Can See Clearly Now
The Corrs - Breathless
The Corrs, Roger Taylor - Toss The Feathers
Ladysmith Black Mambazo, The Corrs - Leliungelo Elakho
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Homeless
Andrea Corr, Brian May - Is This The World We Created?
Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again
Eurythmics, Youssou n'Dour - 7 Seconds
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Abdel Wright - Loose Me Now
Ms Dynamite - Don't Throw Your Life Away
Danny K - Hurts So Bad
Bob Geldof - The Great Song Of Indifference
Bob Geldof - (What So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
Watershed - Indigo Girl
Bono, The Edge - One / Unchained Melody
Anastacia, Bono, The Edge, David A Stewart, Queen - Amandla
Queen, Zucchero, Thandiswa Mazwai - Medley (Bohemian Rhapsody / I Want It All / I Want To Break Free / Radio Ga Ga)
Queen, Anastacia, Amampondo Drummers - We Will Rock You
Queen, Anastacia and Cast - We Are The Champions
Soweto Gospel Choir, Cast - 46664 Chant
(DVD includes 1 song not included on the companion CDs)Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime - Zucchero/Queen/Sharon CorrBonus features:
Disc 1:
Launching 46664 - The press conference from London when Nelson Mandela announces the event to the world's media.
Behind The Concert - A backstage documentary showing the making of 46664 filmed during the week leading up to the event in Cape Town.
The Interviews - The artists talking about the event.
Fighting Aids - Footage from a project visit to Mothers 2 Mothers-2-Be and the Baphaumelele Childrens Home.Disc 2
A Minute of Art - 12 x one minute films by some of the world's leading and most influential contemporary visual artists representing their vision of HIV/Aids.
Spirit of Africa - A documentary about the true story of a Ugandan orphan who has lost his parents from Aids.
The Interviews - The artists talk about why they are supporting Nelson Mandela's 46664 campaign.
Photo Gallery - Pictures featuring all the artists involved in the event.Also note that the concert has also been released on 3 CDs (available individually, NOT as a set.)

46664 DVD is as good as being there!
We attended the concert in Cape Town and this DVD captures the thrill and excitement of this show. There was no pre-press on who was performing except for Queen, Bono & Beyonce - so everytime someone came on stage we kept getting more blown away. To see Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), Eurythmics, Peter Gabriel, and some great SA acts - Johnny Clegg, Watershed, and other African greats like Youssef Ndour was just awesome. I kept thinking never in my life would I have ever imagined seeing these performers in one show! It was also funny to see Oprah rocking in the Presidents box (with our binoculars, they show some clips in the DVD). The DVD is wonderful and captures the excitement of the performers and the crowd. Beyond the music, however, is the message about the trauma that is HIV/AIDS in Africa. Nelson Mandela is a true HERO - with the SA audience he got the biggest applause of the night. Also, to see Beyonce dancing with the HIV+ women from the Mothers 2 Mothers 2 Be project is so touching and shows that people can have hope! Buy this DVD enjoy a great show and support a worthy cause!!!

Get the hair on the back of your neck standing up
Wow, what a concert. Music live is always great, but add a great cause, and a whole collection of great musicians and you get this great dvd. Sure some of the songs I couldn't understand (it would have been nice to have subtitles for all the songs), the music just blows you away. Sure I'm a U2 fan,(...) but there are other great moments. Eurythmics back together again. Hey I even got into Paul Oakenfold. There is a great short film about the fight with AIDS in Africa. And there is the awesome moment when most of the cast join together to sing the new song Amandla, it gets the hair on the back of your neck standing up.