(Jackson, WY - May 14, 2007) - The Jackson Hole Film Festival, June 7-11, today announced that Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars will perform at the Festival, Saturday June 9^th as part of the Festival's Global Insight Program.

With a spirited and infectious fusion of traditional West African music, roots reggae and rhythmic traditional folk, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars craft music that transforms and uplifts. In the past year the band has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show and at some of the most prestigious music festivals worldwide including Bonnaroo. They have also opened for Aerosmith at the Mohegan Sun Arena and most recently performed for an international audience at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.

In addition to the All Star's performance, the band members and filmmakers will be present for the Festival's screenings of the documentary film about them, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, and for an educational screening for the community's high school students. Backed by the likes of Keith Richards, Sir Paul McCartney, Ice Cube, Angelina Jolie and executive producers Steve Bing and Shelley Lazar, the documentary film has already won thirteen major awards.

"Thanks to the generosity of the Jackson community, we feel honored to be able to host this group of musicians and share their triumphant story through both the educational and festival screenings." said Eben Dorros, President of the Jackson Hole Film Festival.

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ABOUT SIERRA LEONE'S REFUGEE ALL STARS

All the members of Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars lived in or near Sierra Leone's capital city before fleeing Freetown during the country's decade-long civil war. Near the turn of the 21st century, however, rebels attacked the city and forced a panicked mass exodus to neighboring countries. Among the thousands who fled were musicians and future bandmates Reuben M. Koroma and Franco (Francis Langba) who connected in Kalia Refugee Camp in Guinea. When Reuben and his wife Grace located Franco they began making music for their fellow refugees, providing a welcome distraction to life in the camps. Their efforts, however, were to be short lived. Safety in the Kalia camp disintegrated when it came under attack from the Guinean army and citizenry who believed the camps were being used as staging grounds for rebel attacks against Guinea. With refugee camps now war zones, the initial band members were evacuated from the area and moved to Sembakounya Refugee Camp. Set deep in the remote Guinean countryside, it was here that, thanks to a Canadian refugee aid organization, the developing band was able to acquire the rusted-out sound system and beat up electric guitars that helped officially launch the group.

ABOUT THE JACKSON HOLE FILM FESTIVAL

The Jackson Hole Film Festival, a premier destination competitive film festival, is a program of the Jackson Hole Film Institute. The 2007 Festival will occur June 7-11 and screen approximately 80 independent films competing in 7 competitive program categories. The Festival, the Humpty Dumpty Institute along with support from WITNESS, The U.N. and FilmAid International are developing the Global Insight Program into an international gathering for business, film and humanitarian leaders to come together to explore how new media technology and film can address global humanitarian issues on a grander scale.