Bush League: TED notes :: 03. 1.08
Below is a presentation from this years TED conference. This is a Ugandan journalist talking about the consequences of foreign aid in Africa. Most interesting to me is his argument that our whole framework of media coverage for Africa is wrong. Americans and Europeans seem to always frame Africa in a couple basic ways. It's either the Garden of Eden full of exotic animals that we feel entitled to protect or its the Heart of Darkness full of war, disease and petulance (pestilence too). Both ways, it works as a counter point to an old notion of European civility. Much as I love the old stories and books, its time to move on. I look back at The Troubles in Zolokere and I was definitely working in that old mode. Bush League will be different, I promise to bring something new!
The Orphans: Blowing Up :: 03.22.08
My boy Ervinas who starred in my thesis film 'The Orphans' has reinvented himself. When I met him he was a retired assistant director, now he is DJ Deutschland. He's the guy in the back on the turn tables with the sideburns. Let this be a warning to any actors that work with me, this is what your future will hold. Zebra pants peebles, my jaw be dropped. As my friend Maria likes to say: discuss.
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