Cy's Film

Welcome to the new website! I'm happy to say that the 'Troubles in Zolokere' is finished and now for sale. With USPS first class shipping (domestic) it's $15.00 on the dot. Each disc sold makes a ten-dollar profit. From that sale $5.00 will go to development projects in the village of Zolokere where my friend, Peace Corps Volunteer Jake Wilson has been hard at work for over two years now. For more info about his projects, check his site out: http://malawijake.honkatonk.com. He has done amazing things, and is now in need of completion funds for construction on a new school in the village. Let's give the guy a hand. All you have to do is buy the film and you effect the lives of the people you see IN the film. It's not a weepy thing that makes you feel like a crumb. It's a look at life in a remote Malawian village that I think will surprise and inform you.

The other five dollars will go toward production of a second, larger, more in depth film about the same community. I'll be in Malawi Nov 27th to start shooting and I'll stay with Jake in Zolokere for the following three months. The film will be about HIV/AIDS and I hope to emphasize the women's side of the story. It will be sold in turn to raise more money for development in Malawi.

I fly out to Munich tomorrow for the Munich International Student Film Fest. I'm excited about it. It's a weeklong and there'll be filmmakers from all over the world to meet. I got an email a couple weeks ago with the itinerary and there'll be a tour of one of the big beer breweries. I love film and all that, but I'm really excited about the brewery. After the festival, I go to Malawi.

Whenever I'm getting ready for these big trips, something crazy always happens right before I leave. Today the neighbor tried to bag my UPS delivery of videotape for the Malawi shoot. I got it back five or six hours later with the box shredded, the invoice gone and my address ripped off the box. He'd opened up one of the tape boxes inside too. Loco. Then I went out to pick up a rain jacket, cause it's Malawi's wet season right now, and on the way back, a hundred yards from home I felt my transmission depressurize and I could hear oil spraying out the bottom of the car. Its actually good luck in a weird way, I got everything done that I had to before it blew, then coasted it in right in front of the house.

So thanks for checking out the new site, I'm really happy with it. I'll update whenever possible from Munich and Malawi. All the posts following this one are transferred over from the Greyhorse Blog, check the dates above the posts so you don't get lost. For the YouTubers, I just uploaded a funky little short about an artist I met at CalArts, check it out at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX32y7aAf4s

Best to all!
Cy

comments (2)

tomas:

Hello Cy,

how about your plans to visit Lithuania on your way to malawi?

Tomas

Posted by tomas | 11.20.06

Cy:

Hey Tom,
Good to hear from you, couldn t come because of money problems. Big let down, but maybe I'll be able to get back within the year. How is business in Lithuania?

Posted by Cy | 11.23.06

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	Back to Malawi Welcome to the new website! I'm happy to say that the 'Troubles in Zolokere' is finished and now for sale. With USPS first class shipping (domestic) it's $15.00 on the dot. Each disc sold makes a ten-dollar profit. From that sale $5.00 will go to development projects in the village of Zolokere where my friend, Peace Corps Volunteer Jake Wilson has been hard at work for over two years now. For more info about his projects, check his site out: http://malawijake.honkatonk.com. He has done amazing things, and is now in need of completion funds for construction on a new school in the village. Let's give the guy a hand. All you have to do is buy the film and you effect the lives of the people you see IN the film. It's not a weepy thing that makes you feel like a crumb. It's a look at life in a remote Malawian village that I think will surprise and inform you. The other five dollars will go toward production of a second, larger, more in depth film about the same community. I'll be in Malawi Nov 27th to start shooting and I'll stay with Jake in Zolokere for the following three months. The film will be about HIV/AIDS and I hope to emphasize the women's side of the story. It will be sold in turn to raise more money for development in Malawi. I fly out to Munich tomorrow for the Munich International Student Film Fest. I'm excited about it. It's a weeklong and there'll be filmmakers from all over the world to meet. I got an email a couple weeks ago with the itinerary and there'll be a tour of one of the big beer breweries. I love film and all that, but I'm really excited about the brewery. After the festival, I go to Malawi. Whenever I'm getting ready for these big trips, something crazy always happens right before I leave. Today the neighbor tried to bag my UPS delivery of videotape for the Malawi shoot. I got it back five or six hours later with the box shredded, the invoice gone and my address ripped off the box. He'd opened up one of the tape boxes inside too. Loco. Then I went out to pick up a rain jacket, cause it's Malawi's wet season right now, and on the way back, a hundred yards from home I felt my transmission depressurize and I could hear oil spraying out the bottom of the car. Its actually good luck in a weird way, I got everything done that I had to before it blew, then coasted it in right in front of the house. So thanks for checking out the new site, I'm really happy with it. I'll update whenever possible from Munich and Malawi. All the posts following this one are transferred over from the Greyhorse Blog, check the dates above the posts so you don't get lost. For the YouTubers, I just uploaded a funky little short about an artist I met at CalArts, check it out at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX32y7aAf4s Best to all! Cy Cy Kuckenbaker :: 11.17.06 :: Permalink comments (2) tomas: Hello Cy, how about your plans to visit Lithuania on your way to malawi? Tomas Posted by tomas \| 11.20.06 Cy: Hey Tom, Good to hear from you, couldn t come because of money problems. Big let down, but maybe I'll be able to get back within the year. How is business in Lithuania? Posted by Cy \| 11.23.06 post a comment (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.) Name: Email Address: URL: Remember personal info? Comments: (you may use HTML tags for style)	This page contains a single entry from the blog posted on November 17, 2006 2:10 AM. The previous post in this blog was Hypnotized. The next post in this blog is From Munich International Student Film Fest. Many more can be found on the main page or by looking through the archives.

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