Entries Tagged as 'Inspiration'

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

We are really, actually home and we cut a trailer for Three: Stories From the Struggle for Girls’ Education

It has been two weeks and it is feeling that finally we are really, actually home. The first week was like being underwater– words came out of my mouth, but I didn’t really expect them to reach people’s ears, so I didn’t, couldn’t really spend too much energy on being coherent. The afternoons were spent [...]

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Music Luv!

Mangal Maharjan of EMW Records (left), with Siddhartha, Rashil and Gurun of Kutumba Music is huge, right? I won’t wait for you to answer; it just is. Until now, in our little films we have relied mostly on some pretty good royalty free music we found on the internet. It works, but, it’s not quite [...]

Friday, June 27th, 2008

The Art of the Interview

There was a lot of build-up to the interviewing of our three girls and mothers (and in one case, brother). Scott and I had decided (with help from our filmmaking and all around super creative buddy, Chris Boulton, via Skype) how we were going to go about conducting them based on the following: We want the [...]

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Yesterday’s Optimism

Today’s work has fulfilled yesterday’s optimism. The looming cloud of scribble remains unformed, still fleeting around as loose vapors. More about today, tomorrow. But as to yesterday…. The thing that give us this blithe ability to be happy when stuff’s going pear shaped all around us is simply this: The Gift of Time. Our work, [...]

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Team LSF v Nepal Semifinals: 0-0 Tie Game. Overtime Rained Out.

Man, we worked SO hard to make today go. We woke up bound and determined to get at least two of the four interviews that didn’t happen Saturday due to the strikes. The transportation strike is still on, and that meant that there were no taxis or private cars moving through the city (and of [...]