WASHINGTON, DC, 7 August 2011 — Ellen Tripler (left) consults with Backpack Journalism Workshop Assistant Maria Howell on final-hour changes to her documentary about organic farming. In the background is Nick Ray, another assistant to the event, which ends today. (Photo by Bill Gentile)
WASHINGTON, DC, 24 July 2011 — This is the eighth in a series of video snapshots, or vignettes, 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. This video depicts a dedication ceremony of the house (La Casa) that […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 23 July 2011 — This is the seventh 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. This video shows some of the volunteers associated with the […]
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 […]
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 […]
TICUANTEPE, Nicaragua, 2 July 2011 — Martha Dodge and Paloma Jackson take a break from the production stage of the “Backpack Documentary Expedition: Nicaragua” in the town of Ticuantepe. Dodge and Jackson documented a work visit by some 30 U.S. volunteers associated with Bridges to Community, a New York-based NGO that assists the materially poor […]