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Rainbow Warrior (2023 Film)
Rainbow Warrior(s), rainbow warrior(s), or Warriors of the Rainbow may refer to Arts and entertainment Books *''Warriors of the Rainbow'' (1962), an evangelical religious tract by William Willoya and Vinson Brown, that inspired the Legend of the Rainbow Warriors, a fakelore environmentalist belief of fulfilling a Native American prophecy Film and television * ''The Rainbow Warrior'' (film), 1993, about the Greenpeace ship * '' Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale'', 2011 Taiwanese film * "The Rainbow Warrior", an episode from season 2 of ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' Music * "Rainbow Warrior", song by ''Bleak House'', notable for inspiring "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" by Metallica *"Rainbow Warrior", song by The Buggles on their album ''Adventures in Modern Recording'' * "Rainbow Warrior", song by Cobalt 60 on their album '' Twelve'' Video games * ''Rainbow Warrior'' (video game), 1989 videogame developed by Greenpeace Ships * ''Rainbow Warrior'' (1955), former f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legend Of The Rainbow Warriors
Since the early 1970s, a legend of Rainbow Warriors has inspired some environmentalists and hippies with a belief that their movement is the fulfillment of a Native American prophecy. Usually the "prophecy" is claimed to be Hopi or Cree. However, this "prophecy" is not Native American at all, but rather from a 1962 Evangelical Christian religious tract, titled ''Warriors of the Rainbow'' by William Willoya and Vinson Brown from Naturegraph Publishers. Brown is also the founder and owner of Naturegraph Publishers. Discussing the legend, scholar Michael Niman said, "If anything, it was an attack on Native culture. It was an attempt to evangelize within the Native American community." Origins The modern story has been misrepresented as ancient prophecy. While this falsification may have been done consciously by the creators of the story, those who pass the story on may sincerely believe the story is authentic. This phenomenon is an example of what scholar Michael I. Niman calls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainbow Warrior (1957)
''Rainbow Warrior'' (sometimes informally called ''Rainbow Warrior II'') was a three-masted schooner most notable for service with the environmental protection organization Greenpeace. She was built to replace the original ''Rainbow Warrior'' that the French intelligence service (DGSE) bombed in 1985 in the Port of Auckland, New Zealand, which sank the ship and killed photographer Fernando Pereira. The ''Rainbow Warrior II'' was built from the hull of the deep sea fishing ship ''Ross Kashmir'' (later ''Grampian Fame''), which had been built by Cochrane & Sons of Selby, North Yorkshire and launched in 1957. The ship was originally long and powered by steam, but was extended to in 1966. Greenpeace gave the vessel new masts, a gaff rig, a new engine and a number of environmentally low-impact systems to handle waste, heating and hot water. She was officially re-launched in Hamburg on 10 July 1989, the fourth anniversary of the bombing of her predecessor, the original ''Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainbow Flag
A rainbow flag is a multicolored flag consisting of the colors of the rainbow. The designs differ, but many of the colors are based on the seven spectral colors of the visible light spectrum. History In the 18th century, American Revolutionary War writer Thomas Paine proposed that a rainbow flag be used as a maritime flag to signify neutral ships in time of war. Contemporary international uses of a rainbow flag dates to the beginning of the 20th century. The International Co-operative Alliance adopted a rainbow flag in 1925. A similar flag (ca. 1920) is used in Andean indigenism in Peru and Bolivia to represent the legacy of the Inca Empire. Since 1961, the international peace flag, also known as the PACE flag, has been especially popular in Italy and to a lesser extent Europe and the rest of the world. Since 1978, when it was created to represent gay pride, the rainbow pride flag has evolved as a symbol of the LGBT movement (in 1978, the community as a whole was referred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainbow Family
The Rainbow Family of Living Light is a counter-culture, in existence since approximately 1970. It is a loose affiliation of individuals, some nomadic, generally asserting that it has no leader. They put on yearly, primitive camping events on public land known as Rainbow Gatherings. Origins The Rainbow Family was created out of the Vortex I gathering at Milo McIver State Park in Estacada, Oregon (30 miles south of Portland, Oregon), from August 28 to September 3, 1970. Inspired in large part by the first Woodstock Festival, two attendees at Vortex, Barry "Plunker" Adams and Garrick Beck, are both considered among the founders of the Rainbow Family. Adams emerged from the Haight-Ashbury scene in San Francisco and is the author of ''Where Have All the Flower Children Gone?'' Beck is the son of Julian Beck, founder of The Living Theatre, known for their production '' Paradise Now!'' The first official Rainbow Family Gathering was held at the Strawberry Lake, Colorado, on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linnéa Claeson
Linnéa Petra Sofie Claeson (born 31 January 1992) is a human rights activist and law student, known for her feminism and trademark multi-coloured hair, which has earned her the nickname "rainbow warrior". She is also a former Swedish professional handball player, active from 2013 to 2017, who played for Ringkøbing Håndbold. Claeson was born in Norrköping on 31 January 1992. During and since her sporting career, she speaks and writes about gender equality, racism and LGBTQI rights. She has co-founded several humanitarian organisations, including Omtanke Stockholm, supporting homeless people, Kvinna till Kvinna, supporting women in war and conflict zones, and Refugee Relief. She founded @assholesonline on Instagram, which had over 200,000 followers by early 2018, in order to counteract the vitriol that she had had directed towards her, even as a teenager. She posted some of the misogynistic messages she had received, and included her own witty responses to them. (Later on so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Mitchell Parsons
Joseph Mitchell "Yogi" Parsons (July 22, 1964 – October 15, 1999) was an American who was executed for the August 1987 murder of Richard Lynn Ernest. Parsons hitched a ride with Ernest in California and stabbed him to death at a remote rest area in Utah. After assuming Ernest's identity, Parsons continued to insist that he was Ernest when he was later arrested. Parsons, who called himself the "Rainbow Warrior", pleaded guilty to the murder. During his sentencing hearing, Parsons said that he killed Ernest to fend off a homosexual advance, but was unable to present any evidence to support this claim in his defense. The jury sentenced him to death. In 1999, Parsons stated that "it's time to move on" and dropped his appeals, allowing his execution to proceed. Discussion was later raised whether "Rainbow Warrior" was a reference to homosexuality or Parsons' favorite NASCAR driver, Jeff Gordon. Parsons chose to die by lethal injection, and he shunned attention, describing him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Gordon
Jeffery Michael Gordon (born August 4, 1971) is an American stock car racing executive and former professional stock car racing driver who currently serves as the vice chairman of Hendrick Motorsports. He raced full-time from 1993 to 2015, driving the No. 24 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports in the former NASCAR Winston Cup Series and Sprint Cup Series (now called NASCAR Cup Series), and also served as a substitute driver for Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the No. 88 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports in select races during the 2016 season. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential drivers in NASCAR history, helping the sport reach mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s. Gordon started his professional racing career in the Busch Series with Hugh Connerty Racing, followed by Bill Davis Racing, winning three races, and began racing full-time in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series for Hendrick Motorsports in 1993. He is a four-time Cup Series champion, having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wāhine are the athletic teams that represent the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UH), in Honolulu, Hawaii. The UH athletics program is a member of the Big West Conference in most sports and competes at the NCAA Division I level. It comprises seven men's, 12 women's, and two coed athletic teams. Nickname Hawaiʻi athletics began more than a century ago, with the first football team being fielded in 1909. Through 1923, the UH teams were called the "Deans." In the final game of the 1923 season, the football team upset Oregon State, with a rainbow appearing over the stadium during the game. Sportswriters began referring to UH teams as the "Rainbows," and the tradition was born that Hawaii could not lose if a rainbow appeared. The rainbow officially became a part of the school's athletic logo in 1982 and remained until 2000. King Kamehameha the Great and his warriors united the Hawaiian Islands, earning the warrior a place of honor in Hawai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainbow Warrior (2011)
''Rainbow Warrior'' (sometimes ''Rainbow Warrior III'') is a purpose-built motor-assisted sailing yacht owned and operated by Greenpeace and intended for use in their activities such as environmental protests and scientific excursions. She was christened on October 14, 2011, replacing '' Rainbow Warrior II'' after further upgrades and maintenance to the older ship had been shown to be impractical.Greenpeace to build £14m flagship - '''', Sunday 17 January 2010 The vessel is the first ''Rainbow Warrior'' that was not converted from another vessel. Her hull was constructed in |
Sinking Of The Rainbow Warrior
The sinking of ''Rainbow Warrior'', codenamed Opération Satanique, was an act of French state terrorism. Described as a "covert operation" by the Division Action, "action" branch of the French foreign intelligence agency, the Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE), the terrorist attack was carried out on 10 July 1985. During the operation, two operatives (both French citizens) sank the flagship of the Greenpeace fleet, ''Rainbow Warrior (1955), Rainbow Warrior'', at the Ports of Auckland#Port of Auckland, Port of Auckland on her way to a protest against a planned French nuclear test in Moruroa. Fernando Pereira, a photographer, drowned on the sinking ship. The sinking was a cause of embarrassment to France and President François Mitterrand. They initially denied responsibility, but two French agents were captured by New Zealand Police and charged with arson, Criminal conspiracy, conspiracy to commit arson, Vandalism, willful damage and murder. It resulted in a scand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rainbow Warrior (film)
''The Rainbow Warrior'' (sometimes called ''The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior'') is a 1993 made-for-television drama film directed by Michael Tuchner and starring Jon Voight and Sam Neill. Plot summary The film is based on the true story of the Greenpeace ship ''Rainbow Warrior'', which was sunk in Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, on 10 July 1985 by French DGSE operatives, when it was preparing for a Pacific voyage to protest against French nuclear testing. The film chronicles the police investigation to discover what happened to the ship and who was responsible. Cast * Jon Voight as Peter Willcox * Sam Neill as Alan Galbraith * Bruno Lawrence as Terry Batchelor * Kerry Fox as Andrea Joyce * John Callen as David Lange * Stacey Pickren * Michael Mizrahi * Tony Barry as Greenpeace activist * Peter Hambleton as Maury Whitham * Greg Johnson as Bert White * Stephen O'Rourke as Eddie * Stig Eldred as Steve Sawyer * Lucy Lawless as Jane Redmond * Dale Steven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainbow Warrior (1955)
''Rainbow Warrior'' was a Greenpeace ship involved in campaigns against whaling, seal hunting, nuclear testing and nuclear waste dumping during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (the French intelligence service) bombed ''Rainbow Warrior'' in the Port of Auckland, New Zealand on 10 July 1985, sinking the ship and killing photographer Fernando Pereira. History ''Rainbow Warrior'' was commissioned by the UK Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) as a trawler called ''Sir William Hardy''. It was built in 1955, in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was later purchased by the environmental organization Greenpeace UK. With Greenpeace In 1977 the ship was acquired by Greenpeace UK at a cost of £37,000 and underwent a four-month refit. It was re-launched on 2 May 1978 as ''Rainbow Warrior''. The ship was named by Greenpeace co-founder Susi Newborn after the book ''Warriors of the Rainbow'' which she had been given by anoth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
