Nile
Journeyman Pictures take DON cut!
07/12/09 17:57 Filed in:Film
We're pleased to announce that independent documentary film distributor Journeyman Pictures have accepted our short 15 minute cut of our new film project "Death of the Nile?"
We have been working with Journeyman for the past year and they have been a great help to us in developing the film project, so we are naturally really pleased that the film is now being distributed to their worldwide client base via their web site. So thanks to them.
Huge thanks also to Sally Ann Wilson at the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association. The CBA-DFID Broadcast Media scheme has funded this project.
There are a couple of tweaks needs to the voice over and to subtitles, but the film is now ready to be picked up by UK and international broadcasters.
You can view the film here:
The film is also available through the Journeyman site here:
http://www.journeyman.tv/
Follow the links to "Death of the Nile?"
We have been working with Journeyman for the past year and they have been a great help to us in developing the film project, so we are naturally really pleased that the film is now being distributed to their worldwide client base via their web site. So thanks to them.
Huge thanks also to Sally Ann Wilson at the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association. The CBA-DFID Broadcast Media scheme has funded this project.
There are a couple of tweaks needs to the voice over and to subtitles, but the film is now ready to be picked up by UK and international broadcasters.
You can view the film here:
Death of the Nile? (15 min cut) from Andy Johnstone on Vimeo.
The film is also available through the Journeyman site here:
http://www.journeyman.tv/
Follow the links to "Death of the Nile?"
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Coffee, Bugs & Rust
17/11/09 18:21 Filed in:Film
Well, we're back from Uganda after an excellent week's shoot.
One of the key stories that we were looking to cover was about coffee. We met famers on Mt Elgon near the border with Kenya whose crop has been badly affected by pests that have chomped their way through the Arabica coffee crop which the community depends on. The increasing annual temperatures in the region have also meant that coffee has become susceptible to 'leaf rust".
Are there any solutions for the Ugandan farmers? According to Dr Declan Conway from UEA, in an interview that we have just shot in London, it is poorer communities, who rely mostly on agriculture for their livelihoods that are least able to adapt to the threats posed by climate change. Meanwhile, developed countries that are less reliant on agriculture and have more varied economies are better placed to cope with climate change. It is easier to relocate your service industry to an office higher up the hill as the river floods than it is to acquire new land.
Ironically, poorer countries, who have contributed the least to global greenhouse gas emissions, are the most likely to pay the price for the damage done to the planet. Something tells me that that is not right...
One of the key stories that we were looking to cover was about coffee. We met famers on Mt Elgon near the border with Kenya whose crop has been badly affected by pests that have chomped their way through the Arabica coffee crop which the community depends on. The increasing annual temperatures in the region have also meant that coffee has become susceptible to 'leaf rust".
Are there any solutions for the Ugandan farmers? According to Dr Declan Conway from UEA, in an interview that we have just shot in London, it is poorer communities, who rely mostly on agriculture for their livelihoods that are least able to adapt to the threats posed by climate change. Meanwhile, developed countries that are less reliant on agriculture and have more varied economies are better placed to cope with climate change. It is easier to relocate your service industry to an office higher up the hill as the river floods than it is to acquire new land.
Ironically, poorer countries, who have contributed the least to global greenhouse gas emissions, are the most likely to pay the price for the damage done to the planet. Something tells me that that is not right...
Yes, we may soon have no bananas
11/11/09 05:54 Filed in:Film
Farmers on Mt Elgon, which rises over 2000m above Mbale in Eastern Uganda have seen the effects of climate change first hand and 'banana wilt' is now a feature that they have to contend with. We visited Wamimbi Weasa, a retired diplomat, who now farms a small holding in the foothills of Mt Elgon. Weasa is also Chairman of the Mt Elgon Tree Farmers Association.
Here’s a brief clip from the filming where local journalist William Odinga goes to meet Weasa to find out more.
Here’s a brief clip from the filming where local journalist William Odinga goes to meet Weasa to find out more.
Banana Wilt from Andy Johnstone on Vimeo.
Elliott's River
08/11/09 18:36 Filed in:Film | Environment
When we were in Uganda in 2008, working on our previous Nile film project, we met and filmed a short sequence with a guy called Elliot who lived in a small squatters village below the hydro-electric dam at Jinja.
We were keen to try and catch up with Elliot for this new film and find out more about his life. Elliot and all the families in his community are completely dependent on the Nile. The fish that Elliot catches in his boat (which he was fixing when we found him) feeds his family and any excess catch is sold for a few shillings.
Click on the photo to enlarge it.
Click on the photo to enlarge it.
Flowers
07/11/09 05:54 Filed in:Film | Environment
Nile Basin countries like Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have developed strong flower and vegetable export businesses, generating millions of dollars in foreign revenues for the local economies. In Uganda, the flower business has developed near Lake Victoria and is worth $40 million to the Ugandan economy.
We visited the Fiduga flower farm about 45 minutes outside Kampala which employs over 400 staff. Here is a brief edit from some of the stuff we shot.
We’re moving up to Mbale tomorrow to shoot a story about coffee.
More later.
We visited the Fiduga flower farm about 45 minutes outside Kampala which employs over 400 staff. Here is a brief edit from some of the stuff we shot.
Flowers from Andy Johnstone on Vimeo.
We’re moving up to Mbale tomorrow to shoot a story about coffee.
More later.