Erstellt am: 3. 12. 2009 - 12:17 Uhr
Today's Webtip: Invisible Children
Today's tip is a little different than usual. It's for a film I haven't seen and a site I haven't had a chance to really get a grip of.
While I was preparing for my radio show this morning, Riem Higazi came up to me with a story she just had to share, now. She told me about a documentary she had watched over the weekend, and the website and movement that grew out of it.
I was carried away by Riem's enthusiasm for the project, and since there was no way to possibly watch the entire documentary, it seemed like a good idea to have Riem come on air to tell the story of the three California boys who could.
Invisible Children started out as a sort of film making field trip. § guys from California packed up their cameras and headed out to find a film. The result is, according to Riem, amazing, and has grown into a full on movement to help save children in less fortunate coutrnies, and motivate those in more fortunate countries.
The homepage of the organisation www.invisiblechildren.com has information on their various projects as well as loads of films that have been made since their initial succesful documentary.
And this is what started it all: