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Update #10: Grassroot Camel Cheese Book in Print + more
Hi everyone, we have bundles of news!
1) Grassroot cheese book is in print.
2) We are showing our documentary "Hot Chocolate for Bedouins" in London on October 21st and 22nd
3) Presenting the doc at the Ethiopia Camel Conference October 26th - Details below!
Coming soon! Video release of Sebastian Lindstrom's TEDxNHH talk on Camel Milk entrepreneurship!
Thanks for everything, couldn't have done it without you,
alicia, philippa and sebastian
1) The 28 'Grassroot camel cheese book' with everything you need to know about camels, its milk and cheese and the nomads+bedouins behind it all, is in printing... For those whose pledged; expect to get them in a month! (If you are in London come out and get one on the 21st!)
2) We will be screening at 4pm on October 21st and 22nd in London as part of the Food Society Spectacular in a bicycle powered cinema! The Experimental Food Society was founded by Alexa Perrin in January 2010 to front the UK’s most talented culinary creatives, showcasing a troupe of ground-breaking gourmet artists that demonstrate there is more to life than just swallowing.
3) Screening at the International Camel Conference in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia October 26th-29th Themes and Organizers: The Somali Region Pastoral and Agro-pastoral Institute (SoRPARI) and the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) in close partnership with pastoral Forum of Ethiopia (PFE), Camel Forum Ethiopia (CFE) and Institute of Pastoral and Agro-pastoral Studies of the Haramaya University (IPAS) are organizing an International Camel Conference under the theme of "Camel Research and Devleopment: Enhancing Sustainable Livelihood of Ethiopian Pastoralists".
Purpose of the conference: The conference is meant to consolidate the available technology/information for the purpose of attaining millennium development goals plus growth and transformation targets in a challenging environment.
Conference participants and expected tasks: In this conference researchers, academicians, development workers, policy makers, pastoralists, international scientists and development partners shall converge to review the status of camel production and pastoralists livelihood from national, regional and global perspectives.
Update #9: Nairobi - Abu Dhabi - Sundance!
Dear all,
First of all, thank you for your patience with regards to the deliverables. We have just arrived at our base in Nairobi, Kenya, safely on the ground after seven months of nomadism and constant filming. Now we will start to gather our thoughts, content and knowledge so we can make your rewards and make 'em goood.
As you all know we planned a 3-month trip to 12 countries. The breadth of the subject and the passion we gained for the camel has extended this to what will eventually be nearly a year of filming in over 20 countries.
This means a LONG old wait for you, our Kickstarters, but I hope you will all be pleased to know that you kickstarted us into something we have taken around the world, gaining interest from a production company in Abu Dhabi who want to help us edit, professionally post produce and distribute the final documentary AND even take to Sundance film festival this October!!!
Check out coverage in India's top magazine Outlook: www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx...
So - better get on with it then! Email us with any thoughts, suggestions or love at
Philippa@whattookyousolong.org
Sebastian@whattookyousolong.org
Alicia@whattookyousolong.org
And thank you!
Update #8: Still filming!
Hello everybody! We're well into the second leg of the camel cheese filming tour.
Currently in Abu Dhabi / Dubai filming some of the most important modern advances in the camel milk industry.
Next stop is India where we will get started on the rewards you have all earned by helping us kick start our project.
We will relocate to Nairobi, Kenya in February where we will likely finish the rewards and send them.
Apologies that this is such a long wait, but the filming must be at least almost finished, so that we can make these rewards the best they can be!
So hold tight and keep on respecting the camel ;)
Love from the camel cheese crew!
Update #7: Next stop Morocco...
Hello all!
We are about to embark on the first Africa leg of our camel cheese search. But you should all know a few things......
We found the stuff! Yep - we found two-year-old camel cheese in Holland!
http://www.culturecheesemag.com/blog/philippayoung_dutch_camel_cheese
And there's much more to tell from our travels in Denmark and Rome. Coming soon....
For now we would love it if you could vote for our project here: http://bit.ly/cZOHiP
It's in Dutch but....
Click on STEM, then one (or all four) of the choices in the box, click on the 5 stars and STEM again to complete. Easy!
We could win 50,000 Euro if we make it. You can also vote FOUR times on the different networks!
Thank you again lovely pledging people.
Next stop Morocco....
Update #6: Mongolia Teaser Video + Event Update
On September 23rd, 2010 National TV (http://www.ntv.mn/) premiered our first episode of our search for Camel Cheese. If you were in Mongolia you may have seen it! Here's a quick teaser to whet your appetite for the rest.
-Love the team
currently sitting in Moscow airport
EVENT UPDATE
If you are in NYC come to see us on Wed 29th!
(http://bit.ly/NYCcamelcheeseClub)
We are touring our Africa film "1+1=11" for the month of October.
You are invited to join us and the Sandbox-Network (http://www.sandbox-network.com/)!
Save the Date: USA
29TH SEPT/ NYC - Blind Barber East Village 8-11PM (CAMEL CHEESE)
30TH SEPT / NYC - Columbia University 6-8PM Lemer Cinema (https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/8486025) (AFRICA+SANDBOX)
1ST OCT/ Providence, RI - A Better World By Design Conference (http://www.abetterworldbydesign.com/content/workshops/#whattookyousolong) (5:45PM Wksp) (OPEN SPACE)
4TH OCT/ Providence, RI - Brown University (AFRICA+SANDBOX)
5TH OCT/ New Haven, CT - Yale (AFRICA+SANDBOX)
7TH OCT/ Boston, MA - Boston (AFRICA+SANDBOX)
8TH OCT/ NYC - Observatoryroom Gallery (http://observatoryroom.org/) (AFRICA+CHEESE)
13TH OCT/ Washington D.C. (AFRICA+SANDBOX)
14TH OCT/ Baltimore, MD (SANDBOX)
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I am a co-founder of the What Took You So Long Foundation. I've been shooting and editing in over 20 African countries, crossed Asia, shooting at the Emirati camel beauty contests and sleeping on too many floors to count, even some beds and one pool table.
Before this nomadic lifestyle I was living as a Peace Corps Volunteer in a village in Ghana without electricity or running water for 2 years working with wonderful and largely illiterate people.
I studied cinematography in the Czech Republic and filmmaking at SUNY Purchase where I am also the founder of "The Cheese Club" which I miss fondly.
