Bill Carter on the Dutch TV programme TweeVandaag.

Bill Carter (1966) is the director of the documentary film Miss Sarajevo, which consist of amateur video material he shot during his stay in the besieged city of Sarajevo, and author of Fools Rush In, his memoirs of working for an aid agency during the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Image File history File linksMetadata BillCarterTweeVandaag. ... Image File history File linksMetadata BillCarterTweeVandaag. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Miss Sarajevo is the only single from Passengers 1995 album, Original Soundtracks No. ... Map of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) Coordinates: Country Bosnia and Herzegovina Entity Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Canton Sarajevo Canton Mayor Semiha Borovac Area    - City 142 km²  (54. ... Combatants Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Predominantly Bosniak) Army of Republika Srpska, Yugoslav Peoples Army, various paramilitary units from Serbia and Montenegro (Serbian) Croatian Defence Council, Croatian Army (Croatian) Commanders Alija Izetbegović (President of Bosnia and Herzegovina) Sefer Halilović (Army chief of staff 1992-1993) Rasim...

Biography

Carter became involved in the Balkan conflict when he was traveling the world after his girlfriend died in a car crash in 1991. He ended up in Split where he joined The Serious Road Trip, a humanitarian aid organization distributing food and medicine to places the United Nations and the Red Cross wouldn't come. Arriving in Sarajevo, he decided to stay with the Sarajevans, inspired by the way Sarajevans tried to maintain the life they had before the siege began. Carter began to do some work for the Sarajevan television, and managed to get an interview with Bono from rock group U2. Bono, who later admitted that he was deeply touched by Bill Carter's story, heard about the importance of pop music in Sarajevo and said that he would love to play in Sarajevo. Knowing that playing in a besieged city was impossible, Carter invented another way of connecting rock music with Sarajevans; instead of "bringing U2 to Sarajevo" he would "bring Sarajevo to U2", by means of satellite linkups to U2's Zoo TV Tour concerts, giving the people of Sarajevo a chance to tell their story to the world. Look up Split in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Humanitarian aid arriving by plane at Rinas Airport in Albania in the summer of 1999. ... This article is about the field and science of medical practice and health care. ... The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, and social equity. ... The Red Cross and the Red Crescent emblems, the symbols from which the Movement derives its name The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement whose stated mission is to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for the human being and all other... This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers, and should be edited to rectify this. ... Rock band (or rock group) is a generic name to describe a group of musicians specializing in a particular form of electronically amplified music. ... U2 are a rock band from Dublin, Ireland, featuring Bono (Paul David Hewson) on vocals, rhythm guitar and harmonica; The Edge (David Howell Evans) on lead guitar, keyboards and vocals; Adam Clayton on bass guitar; and Larry Mullen Jr. ... The Zoo TV Tour was an elaborately-staged, multimedia concert tour by Irish rock band U2 supporting their album Achtung Baby, in arenas and stadiums over 1992 and 1993. ...

In 1995 Bill Carter made the documentary film Miss Sarajevo out of the video material he shot for the uplinks. Bono insisted that he would call the film Miss Sarajevo, after the beauty contest Sarajevans organized during the siege, and wrote a song by the same title as soundtrack to the film. Miss Sarajevo won the International Monitor Award, the Golden Hugo Award and the Mavrick Director Award. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Miss Sarajevo is the only single from Passengers 1995 album, Original Soundtracks No. ... Mrs. ... Miss Sarajevo is the only single from Passengers 1995 album, Original Soundtracks No. ...

In 1997 U2 finally played in Sarajevo, during their Popmart Tour. The Popmart Tour (often referred to as just Popmart) was a concert tour by the Irish rock band U2, which took place from 1997 to 1998, in support of the groups 1997 album, Pop. ...

Related links

• Official website
• Interview with Bill Carter (video) - interview on the Dutch TV programme TweeVandaag (in English with Dutch subtitles)