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Video: Immunization in Lurcuk Village, Tonj North, South Sudan

[Montréal, Québec, Canada -4°C] I visited Southern Sudan March/April 2009. It seems like such a long time ago. Reviewing the video footage and photographs I took during my visit, brings me back. Below is my latest video montage of a particular day: March 20, 2009. This is the day I joined a team of World [...]

Jacmel Youth From Ciné Institute Film Their Shaken World

[Montréal, Québec, Canada 6°C] Before the January 12th earthquake shook the ground from beneath Haiti’s foundations, pulling the roofs down onto the people of Jacmel, Ciné Institute used the power of cinema to educate and empower Haitian youth in the coastal city south of Port-au-Prince. Just like other educational institutions, Ciné Institute was devastated with [...]

Documentary filmmakers get work-in-progress films previewed on GRITtv

[Montréal, Québec, Canada -2°C] Montréal is a city of filmmakers particularly known for its production of documentary films. Like all documentary filmmakers know, it can take a while to complete a film. Few films have a clearly defined beginning, middle and end while others are ongoing and are dependent on an unfolding story and an [...]

Preliminary Voter Registration Results for Sudan

[Montréal, Québec, Canada -11°C] Preliminary voter registration results have been released in a December 13 statement by Al Hadi Muhammad Ahmed, Head of the National Election Commission’s Registration Committee. “The total of the registration up to now is 15,778,154. This percentage is 81% of the targeted number of people who are above 18 years according [...]

Southern Sudan: Oil Exploitation vs Wildlife Protection

[Montréal, Québec, Canada -2°C] Before the last civil war started in Sudan in 1983, the country’s protected areas, according to the Wildlife Conservaton Society, “supported some of the most spectacular and important wildlife populations in Africa, and hosted the second largest wildlife migration in the world.” According to their website, “During an aerial survey, more [...]