Real People | Real Stories

We knew on the flight home from Nepal two years ago, that we would be back.  Scott and I are far from the first people to say, “Nepal changed my life.” It is practically cliche’, right? But man, it really did.

Well, I shouldn’t say it was Nepal, the country, that did a number on us (although, Nepal as a place  is truly amazing), it was the subjects of our documentary pieces, the Little Sisters and their families, that threw us for a loop. They have spark— they have strength— they are changing their world. They stuck with us in our hearts and heads. We got to get back to them, continue where we left off with their stories. It’s our job.

GirlWorld: The Best Thing We Can Do For the World is Educate the Girls is in FULL EFFECT! And therefore, our NonFiction Media production blog is back on too.

We won’t be leaving for South Asia until January 2011 to continue our filming. We are currently in pre-production/ fundraising mode and our minds our spinning a mile a minute with all the new stuff we are learning and making up as we go along .

Scott and I feel compelled to process our process. And if it is not on the internet, it might not actually exist. So, here it is —GirlWorld, the back story, in real time. We are laying it down and making it legit.

Some things to be ruminated upon here will be:

How documentary can change the world

Why Girls Education is the best thing we can do for the world

Current news about girls education and Nepali politics

The ups and downs of raising money for a documentary

Gear quandaries (of course)

Making a documentary while on diaper duty

Making a documentary with the man/woman you love most in the world