On an assignment to produce videos promoting Cross River gorilla conservation to indigenous communities in Nigeria and Cameroon, I invited community members to join me. I followed decolonising and feminist methodologies to develop a form of participatory video production, 'Folk Filmmaking', in which participants present their own accounts of wildlife, …
Government officials in a south-west China village wanted to inform residents they were inspecting a new road. Instead, it appears they have become stars of what is being described as a contender for the worst-doctored photograph in Internet history. When a photo of three levitating officials inspecting a newly completed …
If you are doing nothing else this week, then watch Home, a brilliant film about uncertain future of life on the earth. With a mix of stunning photography and powerful words, the film delivers a stark message: we need to mend our ways. Watch it online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU"ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU. The film …
BBC will broadcast the death of 84-year-old cancer victim, Gerald, in the second episode of its new series Inside the Human Body, on May 12. Presenter Michael Mosley told the Radio Times it was important not to “shy away from talking about death and, when warranted, showing it”. Programme makers …
A boriginal people in Western Australia and the mining giant, Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), are involved in a tit for tat for controlling land in the Australian state. The latest salvo in the two-month battle is the use of videos. The mining company wants access to land in Pilbara for …
This video explains measures Japan took to prevent natural disasters. The video discusses barriers, embankments, dams, early warning systems, satellites, standard building codes, etc. Education plays an important role in disaster reduction in the future. Initiatives like community walks and children contests are shown. The video ends by showing examples …
You have no doubt read about the scams and scandals associated with the infamous iron ore mines of Bellary district in Karnataka and Ananthapura district in Andhra Pradesh. Now you can see the film. Titled Blood and Iron it is a documentary of two and a half hours which will …
Rikin Gandhi has great faith in the power of good story telling. Dressed in scruffy jeans and sneakers with a distinct American accent, Gandhi, 29, doesn't look as if he could connect in any way with rustic Indian farmers.But surprise, surprise, he is the founder of Digital Green, an agricultural …
A new documentary from the Centre for Investigative Journalism in Berkeley debunks the myth of “clean coal”. Dirty Business, which opened on January 14, shows scarred mountains, abandoned homes on remote hillsides, toxic water streams, respiratory fatalities and children with birth defects as side effects of coal extraction and power …
Beavers are among the lesser known rodents. Their secret lives have been revealed in a new study. Using discreet video cameras, scientists have been able to study natural behaviour of beavers “at home” in their lodges. Tiny, waterproof cameras, inserted into beaver dens, showed that the animal is very cooperative …
A documentary by Danish journalist Tom Heinemann has cast aspersions on Bangladesh’s much feted Grameen Bank. Telecast on Norwegian television on November 30, Caught in Micro-debt showed that Mohammed Yunus, Grameen Bank’s founder diverted developmental aid money from foreign countries meant for Grameen Bank to another company he owned, in …
Catholic fundamentalists in the US claimed victory in their attempt to cleanse the art world of what they see as offensive use of religious images. On November 30 they forced the National Portrait Gallery in Washington to remove a video on AIDS from an exhibition on sexuality. The Catholic League, …
An environmental documentary is under attack from a leading American environmentalist who was interviewed for the programme, as well as a coalition of anti- GM campaigners based in the developing world. Adam Werbach, a sustainability consultant in California and former president of the Sierra Club conservation group, told Guardian that …
On September 20, BBC published a report in the Earth News section of its web edition that has had the global wildlife and conservation community abuzz. In the article, ‘Lost tiger population discovered in Bhutan mountains’, editor of Earth News Matt Walker described the expedition where the BBC team “left …
A dramatic frontpage splash has turned into a nationwide debate on press freedom in Venezuela. On August 12, El Nacional newspaper, openly opposed to President Hugo Chavez, ran a photograph of a dozen bodies at a morgue in Caracas under a headline about deteriorating security in the oil producing country. …
In early August, a grainy footage of four masked men drugging a fox and later beating it to death with cricket bats in a London park posted on YouTube and Facebook sparked media outrage. A week later Guardian revealed that the footage was an elaborate hoax. The filmmakers said no …
When an invention gets experts as varied as photographers, heart researchers, biotechnologists, physicists, security strategists and academicians interested, it merits discussion. We are talking about the new camera that captures high megapixel images and videos simultaneously. The way our eyes perceive motion is about to change. The most expensive digital …
The battered economy of Gaza in Palestine is a media staple in most parts of the world. Of course, not in Israel. The Israeli human rights group B’Tselem decided to do something to mend matters. In mid-2009, it distributed video cameras to 18 young people in Gaza and set them …
