BETHESDA, Md, 5 August 2011 — Jamillah Abdullah, one of the participants in my Backpack Journalism Workshop, shoots her documentary in an accessories shop on Wisconsin Avenue. Jamillah and others are finishing up the “production” stage of the event. (Photo by Bill Gentile.)
WASHINGTON, DC, 22 July 2011 — This is the sixth 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 features the two students who participated in the […]
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 […]
TICUANTEPE, Nicaragua, 29 June 2011 — Paloma Jackson (left) and Martha Dodge take a working breakfast during the “Backpack Documentary Expedition: Nicaragua.” They are recording the work of some 30 U.S.-based volunteers associated with the New York-based Bridges to Community who are helping build four houses in four days for the materially poor in this […]
TICUANTEPE, Nicaragua, 27 June 2011 — Paloma Jackson, one of two students participating in the “Backpack Documentary Expedition: Nicaragua,” takes aim at U.S. volunteers who are here building four houses as part of their mission with Bridges to Community, an NGO based in New York State. Some 30 volunteers are working in Ticuantepe with Bridges […]
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, 25 June 2011 — Paloma Jackson (far left) and Martha Dodge (with yellow cap) interview members of Bridges to Community at Managua’s international airport as they wait for the arrival of U.S.-based volunteers who will build houses next week in the town of Ticuantepe. Paloma and Martha are in Nicaragua to participate in […]