Bill Carter on the Sarajevo satellite link-ups + Sarajevo-to-Bologna link-up

Bill Carter - a writer and film director - is the author of a documentary film called Miss Sarajevo that tells the hard reality of the Sarajevans from amateur video material he shot during his stay in the besieged city, back in 1993. He also managed to catch the irish rock band U2's attention on the troubles they were living through. During that summer 1993, U2 were touring in Europe with a huge show that would get the audience to question every night on the changes that were occuring precisely in Europe at the start of the 90s. Failing to bring the band and play in Sarajevo, Bill Carter and U2 decide to set up live satellite link-ups every night the band would play to make the audience aware of what was going on there, only a few hundreds kilometres away from the city they were playing in.
In this video, Bill Carter explains how he came up with the idea of connecting Sarajevo back to the western world thanks to these link-ups. Then, you'll see one of these, recorded in Bologna on july, 18th 1993 at Stadio Comunale on the Zooropa'93 Tour. At last, Bill Carter goes back over the impact it had on people's opinion in Europe.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• U2
• Bono
• Bill
• Carter
• Miss
• Sarajevo
• Fools
• rush
• in
• siege
• Bologna
• ZOO
• TV
• Zooropa
• satellite
• link-up
• july
• 1993
• Vlado
• Darko
• Milica
• Bosnia
• Herzegovina
• war
• stadio
• comunale

[portissol83]

@chicocarter1000 hope you don't disapprove I posted this video ; i thought it would be interesting to show what's a link-up looked like ; I read Fools rush in and it was an experience for which I find it hard to give an adjective in english, well, it did upset me

[DOMGO73]

I was part of those 50.000 people in the crowd over there. Thanks for posting it.

[chicocarter1000]

@borisisgay56

Boris, Bill Carter here. Are Vlado and Darko well? I would love to connect with them.

chicocarter@aol.com

[aberdown]

@borisisgay56 It is nothing less than a miracal to have you here Boris I would like to be your friend.

I consider Miss Sarevevo one of the most beautiful songs ever written.

With a powerful powerful message about hope.

[killer600000]

Bono looks like he's pilling his head off!

[borisisgay56]

@thestrokesfan1984 the one in the white shirt is my father, the other man is a good friend, fortunately, they both rejoiced with their family

[thestrokesfan1984]

Does somebody knows what happened then to these two man? Did the red shirt one rejoint with his wife?

[Slacker82]

I read the book Fools Rush In. Blew me away. He is from Chico and I go to Chico State, he knows my Balkans History Professor

[U2935]

this made me cry myself to sleep

people dying is just horrible

[SuperColee123]

My best friend from jr high and high school.. and on...Bill, first time I've seen this...oddly enough, thought I've seen it all.. very proud, still relevant! Storm