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Artifact

Artifact

Sometimes we must fight in order to be free.

20127.51h 45m

Overview

Follow 30 Seconds to Mars as they record their latest album, This Is War, and their battle against record label EMI.

Directed by Jared Leto
Produced by Emma Ludbrook, Jared Leto
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Top Cast

Jared Leto

Jared Leto

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Shannon Leto

Shannon Leto

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Tomo Miličević

Tomo Miličević

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Chester Bennington

Chester Bennington

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Serj Tankian

Serj Tankian

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Bam Margera

Bam Margera

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Flavor Flav

Flavor Flav

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Irving Azoff

Irving Azoff

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Brandon Boyd

Brandon Boyd

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Angelica Cob-Baehler

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Themes & Keywords

record labelrecording studiorecording sessionmusic industrymusic documentary

About Artifact

Artifact is a documentary, music film released in 2012 exploring themes of record label, recording studio, recording session, music industry, music documentary. Directed by Jared Leto, it stars Jared Leto, Shannon Leto, Tomo Miličević. Follow 30 Seconds to Mars as they record their latest album, This Is War, and their battle against record label EMI.

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