tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32054989978295312522011-04-21T20:11:44.913-07:00Lotjehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03292187886172346366noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205498997829531252.post-76229885207562201142008-11-21T03:00:00.001-08:002008-11-21T03:00:28.683-08:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CqVA7W6wLzE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CqVA7W6wLzE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3205498997829531252-7622988520756220114?l=evermaxalot.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lotjehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03292187886172346366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205498997829531252.post-31668564148673382462008-11-07T09:37:00.000-08:002008-12-28T05:09:44.564-08:00Have a read of the synopsis, you can download the Pdf <a href="https://rcpt.yousendit.com/637715648/e4794a08e1aa596b58e7338c4bee5124">here</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3205498997829531252-3166856414867338246?l=evermaxalot.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lotjehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03292187886172346366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205498997829531252.post-12991258175849028782008-11-01T02:31:00.000-07:002008-11-07T17:06:03.451-08:00<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I’m putting together a multi-authored series of documentary shorts about the rapid growth of urban poverty. </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I am looking for video advocacy groups with whom I can partner up for this in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Russia</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">.</span><br /><br /><object width="400" height="300"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1647292&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" /> <embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1647292&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/1647292?pg=embed&amp;sec=1647292">Trailer: Planet of Slums documentary</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user697022?pg=embed&amp;sec=1647292">Lotje Sodderland</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com?pg=embed&amp;sec=1647292">Vimeo</a>.<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">This series of </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">multi-authored</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> documentary shorts marks a watershed moment in human history when for the first time, more than half the world’s population is living in cities.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">From state-sponsored arson in Manila to child exorcism in Kinshasa, we thread together eight made-for-broadband video segments that zoom in on the everyday struggles faced by millions stranded in the urban wasteland between underdevelopment and globalisation.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Mushrooming migration and booming birth rates are adding a million people a week to the world’s urban population.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">This explosive and unchecked growth means that</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> by 2030, potentially half of the world’s population will reside in city slums</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">, as the Haves retreat to fenced-off communities while the Have-nots make do with whatever space is available in the teeming urban jungles of the global South.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Footage shot by slum- and pavement-dwellers working closely with video advocacy groups. is peppered with archive footage and motion design, and pulled together uner a strong visual brand.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Put together, the 8 segments form a complete 70-minute film, as a voiceover by celebrated urban theorist </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Davis_%28scholar%29">Mike Davis</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> talks us through an urban population discarded in vast, marginal slums and excluded from the formal world economy.</span><br /><br /><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3205498997829531252-1299125817584902878?l=evermaxalot.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lotjehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03292187886172346366noreply@blogger.com0