I Am Because We Are

I Am Because We Are
I Am Because We Are
	cover for the DVD to the film
Directed by	Nathan Rissman
Written by	Madonna
Produced by	Madonna; Angela Becker
Narrated by	Madonna
Cinematography	Kevin Brown; Grant James; Nathan Rissman; Marc Shap; John Martin White
Edited by	Danny Tull
Music by	Patrick Leonard
Distributed by	Semtex Films
Release dates	April 24, 2008 (Tribeca Film Festival); December 1, 2008 (United States);
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; United States; Malawi
Language	English

I Am Because We Are is a 2008 British-American-Malawian documentary film about AIDS orphans in Malawi. It was directed by Nathan Rissman and written, narrated, and produced by Madonna through her production company Semtex Films.

The film premiered at the 7th annual Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, on April 24, 2008, and at the 61st annual Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on May 21, 2008. The film also headlined the 2008 Traverse City Film Festival.^[1] On December 1, 2008, it premiered in the U.S. on the Sundance Channel for World AIDS Day. On March 26, 2009, the film was uploaded by Madonna's team onto YouTube and Hulu for free viewing.^[2]

The film won the VH1 Do Something Docu Style Award in 2010.

^ O'Brien, Bill & McCray, Vanessa (May 24, 2008). "Madonna Coming to TC for Film Festival". Traverse City Record-Eagle. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012.
^ "Madonna's 'I Am Because We Are' Web Premiere" (Press release). March 26, 2009. Archived from the original on May 29, 2009. Retrieved March 27, 2009 – via Madonna.com.

[1] O'Brien, Bill & McCray, Vanessa (May 24, 2008). "Madonna Coming to TC for Film Festival". Traverse City Record-Eagle. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012.

[2] "Madonna's 'I Am Because We Are' Web Premiere" (Press release). March 26, 2009. Archived from the original on May 29, 2009. Retrieved March 27, 2009 – via Madonna.com.

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