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1: For this token of kindness, we'll send you a digital love letter and group photo :]
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I love stories and I especially love when they are about real people and real experiences. I am a photographer, filmmaker, entrepreneur, civil servant...and in everything I do, I find myself trying to understand, capture and improve these real stories I encounter.
I'm now working with 48th Floor Films to document what happens when the lives of young people living in poverty in Africa have the opportunity to get a business loan and pull themselves towards independence and financial freedom. International organizations have proven that micro-finance models work in tightly knit, small communities for adults. But do micro-finance models like this work for young people living on the streets in one of the biggest Mega-cities in the world?
I certainly don't know the answer to this, and I'm not sure anyone does. In the words of Radner, "I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end." We don't expect this documentary to be easy to accomplish, and it will most likely be a story with many ends left undone and unanswered. But we're not expecting a nicely packaged story. We're expecting to capture the real ups and downs that occur in the best stories and real stories of our time.
Some of our links:
www.lucidafotos.com
www.48thfloorfilms.com
www.publicstuff.net
that's an awesome video.
That's awesome video.
wonderful idea! Best of luck!
Can't wait to see the final film! A great cause, a great business model, and a great film, all wrapped into one!
Awesome project and the video looks great! Good luck and I can't wait to see the documentary!