A new project possibility

I gave this blog address to someone so now I feel pressure to update.  What have I been doing in documentary land?  Not a whole lot!  I have tape footage of a wedding in France and a sheep shearing in North Carolina and another wedding in DR Congo that are sitting in my closet. If I could just capture the footage onto my new shiny computer, I’d be golden for editing….

I’ve talked to a few documentary film makers at screenings here and there, but followed up with few of them.  Where did I put those business cards???

And I’m putting off returning an email about a project that I really do want to work on, which is based in Kinshasa.  For the moment, I would just help with research, such as monitoring UN reports, among other things.  Eventually I would like to be involved in the actual shooting and production, which should be possible as long as I can get myself there.  Fortunately traveling there is part of my job description, so that should not be too problematic.  The project is extremely ambitious but I think would be very interesting, covering different aspects of the current state of democracy in DR Congo and primarily produced by Congolese filmmakers and emerging talent.