With three quarters of what was scheduled for yesterday left in addition to what was scheduled for today, we knew today was going to have to be very efficient. We rotated jobs from crowd control (which involved playing...
Although it did take some convincing last night, I decided to go with Jonathan in the “early car” at 7 am along with Shalilah, Katrina and Liz (the others came a tad bit later at 8) as we headed...
We began filming ‘Fight Like a Boy’ today! Although we have filmed several interviews over the past month, narrative filmmaking is a significantly different experience. Armed with the script that we finished only a few days ago, we set...
Today, we were given the day off in preparation for our long production weekend in Kashoba. With no classes scheduled for the day, our group decided to take a trip to the craft center of Swaziland, Manzini. After breakfast,...
It’s incredible to think that today was our last formal day of class. We began our day with a global health lecture on cancer and population trends in the morning and a visual literacy lecture in the afternoon. It...
These past few days have been really exciting. We are officially making a movie! We knew we wanted to make a film about the personal impact of TB in the mining industry, but we only started brainstorming for our...
We kicked off the day with a lecture about international aid. I found the lecturer’s transition from the corporate world to the not-for-profit world to be an interesting one and asked how her workflow had changed. Slower, she said....
Today was another fantastic day in Swaziland. We’ve been quite busy lately, so it’s been nice to have a couple of days to catch our breath and touch base. We started the day with an incredible global health lecture...
Today was a day full unexpected surprises and wonderful laughs. Having come back after an amazing three days at Kruger National Park, many of us woke up after nine to ten hours of sleep after our five hour nights...
It was hard for all of us to say goodbye to the Shishangeni Lodge and the Kruger National Park, but as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. That said, we managed to spot the...