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Nile film live on Guardian site.
The 16 minute cut of our new film Death of the Nile? is now live on the Guardian website!
Follow this link to view:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2010/jan/15/climate-change-nile
Enjoy!
Follow this link to view:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2010/jan/15/climate-change-nile
Enjoy!
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Nile film distribution news...
15/12/09 11:34 Filed in:Film
We're very excited to announce that the short cut of our film Death of the Nile? has already been picked up for broadcast!
Thanks to our distribution deal with Journeyman Films
, the film has been picked up by NHK, Japan's national public broadcaster. This is a major coup and it means that the film will get exposure in one of the world's most significant TV markets.
The film is also slated to be screened in January 2010 on the environment pages of the Guardian's website.
We are still looking for a broadcast or funding partner interested in developing the project further to produce a 52 minute documentary. Journeyman are keen to get the final doc as soon as possible for distribution!
Thanks to our distribution deal with Journeyman Films
The film is also slated to be screened in January 2010 on the environment pages of the Guardian's website.
We are still looking for a broadcast or funding partner interested in developing the project further to produce a 52 minute documentary. Journeyman are keen to get the final doc as soon as possible for distribution!
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.
Off and running...
21/10/09 18:12 Filed in:Film
Well, we are off and running on our new Nile film project!
Our first assignment was to go and interview Dr Henry Lamb at Aberystwyth University in Wales. Lamb has been leading a project to look into lake levels in Lake Tana, Ethiopia. Lamb's team have shown how Lake Tana, the main source of the Blue Nile in Ethiopia dried up 16,000 years. Other research has shown that Lake Victoria and Lake Albert, key sources of the White Nile dried up at the same time.
This period of drought was a result of the collapse of the North American ice sheets which warmed the North Atlantic and caused the monsoon rains to fail. The net result was that the Nile ran dry. Lamb's team have calculated from the core samples drilled in Lake Tana, that the river did not start to flow properly again for 1,300 years.
Now, with global warming again causing the Arctic ice sheets to melt, the prospects for dramatic climate change is again threatening the Nile Basin.
Here's one clip from the interview we shot yesterday.
Our first assignment was to go and interview Dr Henry Lamb at Aberystwyth University in Wales. Lamb has been leading a project to look into lake levels in Lake Tana, Ethiopia. Lamb's team have shown how Lake Tana, the main source of the Blue Nile in Ethiopia dried up 16,000 years. Other research has shown that Lake Victoria and Lake Albert, key sources of the White Nile dried up at the same time.
This period of drought was a result of the collapse of the North American ice sheets which warmed the North Atlantic and caused the monsoon rains to fail. The net result was that the Nile ran dry. Lamb's team have calculated from the core samples drilled in Lake Tana, that the river did not start to flow properly again for 1,300 years.
Now, with global warming again causing the Arctic ice sheets to melt, the prospects for dramatic climate change is again threatening the Nile Basin.
Here's one clip from the interview we shot yesterday.
Nile Film from Andy Johnstone on Vimeo.
CBA Funding for WD film
11/10/09 20:04 Filed in:Film
We're very pleased to announce that our Producer/Director Andy Johnstone has been awared a development grant by the Commonwealth Brodcasting Assocation CBA, as part of the DIFD funded CBA Media Development Scheme for our "Death of the NIle?" documentary film project. The CBA DFID funding is aimed at journalists and filmmakers develop projects and programming focusing on development issues in Commonwealth countries and in these tough econmic times, with TV and media budgets being cut, the scheme is more important than ever in helping to produce films that raise awareness on develpoment issues. You can read more about the CBA Media Development Scheme here:
http://www.cba.org.uk/CBA-DFID/index.php
The funding grant has enabled us to do some further research and development work on the film project and also fund a trip to Uganda for several days shooting for the film, focusing on the effect of climate change on the Nile Basin. We'll also be shooting several key interviews in the UK.
We plan to post regular updates on this blog about the film project and the forth coming trips.
More later!
http://www.cba.org.uk/CBA-DFID/index.php
The funding grant has enabled us to do some further research and development work on the film project and also fund a trip to Uganda for several days shooting for the film, focusing on the effect of climate change on the Nile Basin. We'll also be shooting several key interviews in the UK.
We plan to post regular updates on this blog about the film project and the forth coming trips.
More later!