WASHINGTON, DC, 23 July 2011 — Martha Dodge, a participant in the recent Backpack Documentary Expedition: Nicaragua, has published her film, “A House for Teresa.” As I wrote to Martha after she posted it on the Internet, the film is a testament to her “talent, hard work and kind heart.” You can watch it on […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 21 July 2011 — This is the fifth in a series of video snapshots, or vignettes, which are unedited but mostly chronological clips that I was able to produce while conducting my “Backpack Documentary Expedition: Nicaragua,” of 24 June through 3 July 2011. I call it “Los Nicas” because it’s all about the […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 19 July 2011 — This is the third in a series of video snapshots, or vignettes, which are unedited but mostly chronological clips that I was able to produce while conducting my “Backpack Documentary Expedition: Nicaragua,” of 24 June through 3 July 2011. You can watch it on YouTube and on Vimeo. These […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 18 July 2011 — This is the second in a series of video snapshots, or vignettes, which are unedited but mostly chronological clips that I was able to produce while conducting my “Backpack Documentary Expedition: Nicaragua,” of 24 June through 3 July 2011. These snapshots are quick peeks into an extraordinary journey by […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 17 July 2011 — This is the first in a series of video snapshots, or vignettes, which are unedited but mostly chronological clips that I was able to produce while conducting my “Backpack Documentary Expedition: Nicaragua,” of 24 June through 3 July 2011. These snapshots are quick peeks into an extraordinary journey by […]
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, 2 July 2011 — The group of volunteers associated with Bridges to Community gathers at Managua’s international airport as they prepare to return to the U.S. after having completed their mission to build four houses in four days for the materially poor in the town of Ticuantepe. Behind them is a portrait of […]