"Right now, people ask me, 'What can one person do to change what's going on with the world?' I don't know what one person can do except to connect with other people. In doing that, each of us play our roles," he says. "My role is as a storyteller and a songwriter. I'm somebody who is trying to keep the spirits of other people up, despite all the chaos and fear around us"
Some in the rap community have attempted to dismiss Franti's critique of the rampant, overt violence present in gangsta rap by ridiculing Franti's white adoptive parents. But Franti's supporters note that he pushes for peace and justice regardless of race, and attempts to address contemporary social issues in America such as AIDS, homelessness, kidnapping, police brutality, the Iraq War and the death penalty.
Franti is also an advocate for peace in the Middle East. His Film I know I'm Not Alone features footage of Iraq, the territories within the Palestinian Authority, and Israel and communicates to the MTV, X, Y & Z generations, as well as the baby boomers about the human cost of war. The film's guerrilla style footage, captured in active war zones, is unlike many similar academic and politically driven pieces in the marketplace, offering instead an opportunity for audiences to travel with and hear the voices of everyday people living, creating and surviving under the harsh conditions of war and occupation.
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