Cult Fiction wins at Scary Cow

Earlier this year, I signed up on a Scary Cow team to make another film. Knowing I had no more interest in holding the boom pole and doing location sound, I said I was interested in helping the producer. What a good way to learn, I thought.

Well, the producer backed out before the project got started and I ended up as the executive producer on the film, learning as I went along. Luckily for me there were fabulous people on our team and we worked together really well.

Yes, yes, how wonderful you think. But what was the outcome of all those lost weekends and filming at Green Apple Books at 5:00am on Easter Sunday? Given that you've read the title of this post, you will not be surprised to learn that the movie Cult Fiction took the top award at the Scary Cow screening last Sunday! Fantastic!

The movie is embedded below. Look for me in 2 small cameos as the reporter and one of the cult women. Congratulations to the team and stay tuned for the next film!

Cult Fiction from Dead Set Films on Vimeo.

Latest Video: Africa Takes Action!

I've been invited to speak to the Alameda Rotary Club on Tuesday, September 8th.

As part of my presentation tomorrow, I'll show two videos. The first documenting my Habitat trip to Madagascar:

The second, a new compilation titled "Africa Takes Action" highlights the work being done by a variety of small groups throughout Africa. Some of you will recognize the abbreviated stories of the Boomu Women's Group in Uganda, the flip flop group in Kenya and the Mazingira Monkey Man.

A new piece in the mix is the Bulugha Farm School in Cintsa, South Africa, which is supported in part by donations from visitors to Buccaneers Backpackers. The school has 193 students but only 3 classrooms and 3 toilets. Every week, the students present a concert and in return visitors are asked to provide a donation which supports a feeding scheme that enables the students to have two meals a day.

So check the videos out and wish me luck!

Habitat for Humanity Madagascar - Go Mad!!

Well, it's been a long time coming, but I finally have a version of the Habitat Madagascar Video I made that's short enough to be posted online. Hooray!

In order to accomplish this, I had to cut out many fabulous words of wisdom spoken by people on the team, get rid of the goose shopping excursion and other such upsetting edits that turned 18 minutes into something closer to 8.

The beauty of it is... this gives you an idea of why people on our "Go Mad" team chose to volunteer with Habitat and why we'll do it again.

Enjoy the video and let it be an inspiration for your own trip with Habitat