Rainbow Riots: Videos
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I'm Coming Out - Petter Wallenberg & Rainbow Riots feat. Sushant Divgikar & Rainbow Voices Mumbai This is the new single from the album "Rainbow Riots India" by Petter Wallenberg & Rainbow Riots featuring india's first openly LGBT singers, hailed as "The sound of India's rainbow revolution". Spotify ITunes India's first Pride anthem: Petter Wallenberg & Rainbow Riots - "Love is Love" feat Sushant Divgikar Out April 2nd: The first single from the forthcoming album "Rainbow Riots India": Petter Wallenberg & Rainbow Riots – ‘Love is Love’ feat. Sushant Divgikar. The international LGBTQ organisation Rainbow Riots’ founder, Swedish musician and activist Petter Wallenberg has been in Mumbai for nearly two years, collaborating with India's first openly gay, trans and lesbian singers and dancers. The result is upcoming music and activist project ‘Rainbow Riots India’. Spotify ITunes |
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Music Video: Rainbow Riots - Unmask
"Unmask", written and produced by Petter Wallenberg featuring spoken word poetry by Ugandan poet Duncan Free Speech. The video is directed by Wallenberg and filmed in Uganda, where it's illegal to be gay. This is the last single release from the album ”Rainbow Riots”, written and produced by Petter Wallenberg, featuring queer voices from some of the world’s most dangerous places for LGBT people. It is out on iTunes, Spotify and all major digital platforms. Watch on YouTube |
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Documentary: Rainbow Riots Director/Producer: Petter Wallenberg In 2017 Swedish artist and musician Petter Wallenberg created the music album Rainbow Riots featuring queer voices from the world's most anti-gay countries. In this short documentary we follow the Ugandan singers of Rainbow Riots who, against all odds, became the first ever to perform at an international Pride event. Watch on YouTube |
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Campaign Film: Help Rainbow Riots open Uganda's first LGBT Community Centre
In 2019 we are opening Uganda’s first LGBT community centre. The centre will be a safe space to welcome the Ugandan LGBT community. With creative expression at the core of the activities, we will create inclusivity within the community whilst also reaching a wider audience through giving Ugandan LGBT people an important voice in the world. To make this happen, Rainbow Riots needs your help. Be a part of this historic project by donating today. Watch on YouTube |
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Rainbow Riots Radio - Episode 5: Africa's first openly gay reverend Rainbow Riots' founder Petter Wallenberg meets Nigerian Jide Macauley, Africa's first openly gay reverend. Jide explains how he, in spite of death threats, believes being a gay Christian means that ”God Adores You". The episode ends with Wallenberg's and Macauley's musical collaboration based on Jide's poem. Watch on YouTube |
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Rainbow Riots Radio - Episode 4: The queer heroes of Uganda Rainbow Riots' founder Petter Wallenberg takes us to Kampala, Uganda, where we meet trans woman Alicia Houston and hear her story about her life as a sex worker living with HIV. We also meet lesbian activist Kowa Tigs who recently got arrested and evicted. Both of them fight against oppression using creativity, and the episode ends with Wallenberg's musical collaboration with Kowa. Watch on YouTube |
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Rainbow Riots Radio - Episode 3: The queer divinity of India Rainbow Riots’ founder Petter Wallenberg meets authors Devdutt Pattanaik and Jerry Johnson in Bombay to discuss their book about queerness in India's ancient religions and society. He also meets 22-year old trans woman Paras who is one of India's Hijras, the world’s oldest third gender community, who are both marginalized and believed to have divine powers. Watch on YouTube |
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Rainbow Riots Radio - Episode 2: The Jamaican reggae artist who risks his life for gay rights Rainbow Riots’ founder Petter Wallenberg meets Mista Majah P, a Jamaican rapper and reggae artist who has a bounty on his head because he takes a stand against the violent homophobia in his country. To end the feature, Wallenberg and Majah P showcase their musical collaboration "Equal Rights" which is featured in a campaign for the UN's Global Goals. Watch on YouTube |
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Swedish News interview with Petter Wallenberg after Facebook ban on new podcast Swedish news show Kulturnyheterna interviewed Rainbow Riots' founder Petter Wallenberg about how he took on Facebook after they banned ads for his new podcast Rainbow Riots Radio. Listen to the podcast here: goo.gl/uJEkmd Watch on YouTube |
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Rainbow Riots Radio - Episode 1: A lifetime of modern gay history in Sweden Petter Wallenberg visits 73-year old Swedish gay historian and author Lars Fimmerstad who has lived through modern gay liberation. Through Lars's memories we travel on a journey through the sexual revolution to the Aids crisis of the 80's when he lost the love of his life. Listen to Rainbow Riots Radio here Watch on YouTube |
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Rainbow Riots Radio: Teaser Rainbow Riots Radio is a new web radio series of ten unique shows exploring queer stories from around the world. The series is created and presented by Rainbow Riots’ founder, the Swedish artist and activist Petter Wallenberg, who also composed all of the music for the series featuring some of his guests. Rainbow Riots Radio is out on May 30th with a new episode every 2 weeks. Available on iTunes and all major digital platforms. Watch on YouTube |
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Music Video: Rainbow Riots - We Need Love "We Need Love" is composed and produced by Petter Wallenberg, featuring Brayo Music. It's the final single from the album Rainbow Riots featuring queer voices from some of the world’s most dangerous countries for LGBTQ people. All proceeds go towards fighting inequalities towards LGBTQ people in Uganda. Watch on YouTube |
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BBC Interview with Rainbow Riots BBC Cultural Frontline interviewed Rainbow Riots' founder and director Petter Wallenberg and our Ugandan collaborator Kowa Tigs. Listen to the story of how the Rainbow Riots album came about in the violent police raid of Pride Uganda 2016. “Uplifting, defiant, uptempo… The ultimate protest…this is advocacy” - Tina Daheley, BBC Cultural Frontline Watch on YouTube |
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"Freedom" by Rainbow Riots at Mardi Gras in Sydney Australia It makes us proud that our song ”Freedom" was a marching song in front of hundreds of thousands of people at the legendary Mardi Gras in Sydney, Australia! Watch on YouTube |
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Music Video: Rainbow Riots - Set Me Free Global LGBTQ rights movement Rainbow Riots has revealed a new video, ‘Set Me Free’. The song is composed and produced by its founder, Swedish artist and activist Petter Wallenberg, and features Ugandan artists Kowa Tigs & D Black. The track was originally released as part of the acclaimed Rainbow Riots album last summer, and the video was directed by Wallenberg and filmed with the Ugandan LGBTQ community the day after the Ugandan police stopped Pride Uganda and threatened to arrest everyone. Watch on YouTube |
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Rainbow Riots on Swedish news Aftonbladet TV Sweden's biggest newspaper Aftonbladet interviewed our founding director Petter Wallenberg and our Ugandan collaborator Brayo Bryans. Watch on YouTube |
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Rainbow Riots Live @ Debaser LIVE world premiere of the Rainbow Riots album at Debaser during Stockholm Pride featuring queer singers from the world's most Anti-gay countries such as Uganda, Jamaica and Malawi. The album Rainbow Riots is composed and produced by Petter Wallenberg and all proceeds go to the Rainbow Riots charity. Watch on YouTube |
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Swedish News Report about Rainbow Riots Swedish news show Kulturnyheterna interviewed Petter Wallenberg, the founder of Rainbow Riots and the composer of new album by the same name featuring queer voices from the world's most Anti-gay places. Watch on YouTube |
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Documentary: Rainbow Riots in Uganda Director/Producer: Petter Wallenberg Rainbow Riots is a new album composed and produced by Petter Wallenberg, featuring queer voices from some of the world’s most dangerous countries for LGBTQ people, such as Uganda, Jamaica, South Africa and Malawi. All proceeds go towards fighting inequalities towards LGBTQ people worldwide. Watch on YouTube |
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Music Video: Rainbow Riots - 'Freedom' Director/Producer: Petter Wallenberg "Freedom" is the new single taken from the album "Rainbow Riots" composed and produced by Petter Wallenberg, featuring queer voices from some of the world’s most dangerous countries for LGBTQ people. All proceeds go towards fighting inequalities towards LGBTQ people in Uganda. Watch on YouTube |
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Trailer: Rainbow Riots Album On June 16th 2017 the album Rainbow Riots is released. Rainbow Riots is composed and produced by Petter Wallenberg and features vocals from LGBTQ artists from some of the world’s most dangerous countries for LGBTQ people, such as Uganda, Jamaica, South Africa and Malawi. Director, Producer - Petter Wallenberg Watch on YouTube |
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Music Video: Rainbow Riots - 'Equal Rights' Director/Producer: Petter Wallenberg "Equal Rights" is part of an official campaign for the UN's Global Goals For Sustainable Development. It's the first single from the album Rainbow Riots which is released June 16th, and is composed and produced by Petter Wallenberg and features queer voices from some of the worlds most dangerous countries for LGBTQ people. Watch on YouTube |