KIGALI, Rwanda, 26 July 2014 — Rwandans engaged in community work projects help build a school in this sprawling capital. These projects are one component of the Rwandan government’s efforts to build a sense of community and healing in a country that just two decades ago was the scene of one of the worst genocides […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 25 July 2014 Sometimes the most literal images are the least explanatory. The least informative. I made this image while shooting a documentary about a yoga camp in Greece. I wanted to depict the grace and the magic of yoga, something that I believe this image, which is a reflection in a […]
BANGKOK, Thailand 20 June 2014 — This is the group of journalists with whom I had the great pleasure of conducting a Video Workshop in their vibrant, beautiful Thailand. It was such an enormous pleasure to work with colleagues eager to learn about the craft, to join the international dialogue that we call journalism, […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 9 July 2014 — Registration now is open for Bill Gentile’s Video Workshop in Washington, DC, on 2-5 October 2014. Learn how to make compelling videos for professional, personal and home use, and get a FREE copy of Bill Gentile’s Essential Video Journalism Field Manual. For more information please click HERE. Seats are […]
OLATHE NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL, Kansas, 8 July 2014 — Two of my students from Olathe Northwest High School work on their documentary at a local music store. I’m spending the week here with more than a dozen high school students, a number of whom are freshmen with little or no previous training. What they do […]
FT. MEADE, Md, 2 July 2014 — Marine Corps Sgt. Brandon Owen addresses graduates of his Video Production and Documentation course at the Defense Information School (DINFOS) at Ft. Meade, Md. It was Sgt. Owen who invited me to deliver the commencement address at the ceremony. For about 10 minutes I spoke about how the […]