South Africa Heads Toward Zimbabweland
All hail the Glorious Leader! How soon things change. The World Cup from South Africa was supposed to consecrate a new era for South Africa in the world. Modern. Sophisticated. Advanced. Now, President Zuma has made a clear demonstration...
Read moreBread and Circus
\ A football match is not going to solve their problems… or change their lives… Yesterday was the England/USA game at the World Cup in South Africa, so naturally we were all tuned in. We hung the England flag...
Read moreSouth Africa – Still Crazy After All These Years
Khayelitsha, a Township in Cape Town. 2 million people live here… Preparing for the World Cup Games, South Africa is doing it’s best to put on a good face. But it still remains the ultimate weird place. First, television...
Read moreWhen Toasters Attack
It’s Toaster Week on Discovery Channel Yesterday we went to the aquarium in Cape Town, South Africa. The aquarium is great, lots of interesting stuff, but without a doubt, the number one draw is the Shark Tank. It is...
Read moreGreetings From South Africa
Cape Town – so far, so good… Late last night, after an almost endless flight, we arrived in Cape Town, South Africa. We’re here to do a Videojournalism seminar with the Media Academy here . We met them a...
Read moreWe Open in South Africa
Beats Chevy Chase…. We are delighted to announce that in partnership with our friends in South Africa, The Media Academy, we are going to be offering a 1-day intensive bootcamp in digital story telling. We first met Jonathan Berman...
Read moreThe World’s Greatest Filmmaking Course
Getting the wide shot… Next month we will depart with around 40 participants on what I think will be the world’s greatest filmmaking and video course ever. Or at least that is how I see it. We’re running our...
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