Roger Waters: Protesting Against the Spread of Armed Conflict with New Film

More on the new movie in a second, but first, a happy belated birthday to Roger, who was born on September 6, 1943 in Surrey, England.

Roger just debuted a new film, which documents the three year 'The Wall Live' tour, which ran from 2010 to 2013, and saw Waters perform Pink Floyd's 1980 double album in its entirety.

As reported by The telegraph in an online article, he says the film, 'Roger Waters: The Wall', should be seen as a protest against the growing spread of armed conflict, rather than just a concert documentary.

The film had its world premiere on Waters' birthday this past Saturday at the Toronto International Film Festival, and it documents the band's impressive concerts that included pyrotechnics, a flying inflatable pig and an actual wall constructed on stage.

But the documentary also includes brief scenes of Waters visiting war cemeteries and memorials in Europe, including the grave of a grandfather who died in World War One, and the site of the 1944 battle that killed his father when the singer was just a baby.

The concert itself featured projections on its set of veterans, activists and average people who died in wars, protests and attacks on civilians.

Waters said that a major theme of the original album is the need to challenge politicians who seem increasingly willing to resort to the use of violence.

"It's a question that's not being asked of our leaders often enough. If this film asks that question, at least in part, then it would be good."

"It's a protest movie. It's an anti-war, protest movie."

He said he welcomed the chance to spread the album's core message that politicians and citizens must work to overcome the divisions fueling the wars we see today.