We have released a new dvd titled “Partners in Self Reliance” for the Netherlands Red Cross and the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI). About disaster risk reduction in the slums of Jakarta (Indonesia).
People living in rural areas outside Jakarta often sell their land (family heritage) to raise some capital to try and build a life in the city. It is hard to find a steady job that secures a minimal income and the migrants end up living in marginal areas, often in slums or along the water canals or riverbed. Every year, many areas of the city, especially the canals and riverbed flood. The rapidly changing climate (more rainfall) and rising sealevel have influenced this yearly cycle of flooding and every year the situation becomes worse. These people do not have a ‘culture of saving’, so when a flood comes, they loose all their property and have to start over again. A flood also means that many slum dwellers fall victim to drowning and (viral/contageous) diseases such as Malaria and Dengue. The Red Cross has set up a program to train people how to rescue victims and save lives. Together with Rabobank Foundation and Eureko Achmea Foundation, the Red Cross has also set up a microfinance program based on community based savings&loans. This way, people living in slums areas are better equipped to deal with floodings.
Technical Details:
Shot on Sony HDV 1080i. Edited in Final Cut Pro and After Effects.
Crew details:
Production | Camera | direction: B.G.W. Out
Interviews | Edit: M. Amhil
Production Assistent: T.A. Mollet
Translation: F. Amran
Netherlands Red Cross: M. Miltenburg, M. Spruit, M. Zoethoutmaar
IKON has published a book titled “HET VERMOEDEN-Gesprekken over dierbare woorden” with a collection of interviews from the television program “Het Vermoeden”.
The television series addresses the worldviews of public figures such as Johan Ferrier, Herman Finkers, Sara Kroos, Judith Frishman, Riet Bons Storm, Ellen van Wolde, Narsingh Balwantsingh, Shura Lipovsky, Lloyd Haft, Kaouthar Darmoni and television host Annemiek Schrijver.
A documentary about the source of life; water. Water has a spiritual meaning to many people and populations. It plays a central role in natural disaster, physical health, geography and religious rituals. A collection of personal stories about water.
Ten Have Publishing has published the book ‘W!J-land’ with interviews and portraits of Jan Oegema, Doekle Terpstra, Willem Schinkel, Varamitra and Hans Alma. About identity and the changing religious landscape of the Netherlands.
A short introduction about howeducation and microfinance programmes help women gain independence and become self reliant.
For ICCO, we produced and shot a short documentary film about microfinance and literacy in Senegal in a small desert village outside Dakar. Young men leave their remote home villages to make some money in the city. Women stay behind. ICCO supports a program that educates women (economics, language, mathematics) and organizes small loans to set up small enterprises to make them more self reliant.
Biological Max Havelaar bananas are getting more popular. I visited biological banana plantations to see how it works and make a photographic report. A short but interesting trip with Floortje Dessing and Victoria Koblenko. Local farmers have organized themselves and set up co-operations to help improve the community (providing education, building schools, health care).
A documentary/travelogue about blind and visually impaired teenagers who are guided through the Andes mountainrange in Peru from Cusco to Machu Picchu by famous blind mountaineer Erik Weihenmayer and his team (Jeff Evans a.o.). Having a visually impairment has a profound impact on individual identity.
The film screened at New York Film Academy (NYFA) in September 2006 and was re-edited for Discovery Channel, broadcast in 2007. Publisher Scholastic Inc. (NYC) is re-editing footage from the film shoot for an educational software package.
Technical Details:
Shot on ProHD 720. Edited in Adobe Premiere.
Duration: 55 minutes
Re-edited and broadcast by Discovery (USA) for the “Accessible Adventures” series hosted by Erik Weihenmayer.
Our first production was a documentary about a Victorian musical instrument called ‘concertina’.
We produced and shot this film in Germany, the UK and the Netherlands. The concertina was originally developped as a classical instrument but became known as a folk instrument during the Folk Revival in the 1960s and is often associated with Sea Shanties and Parisian Cafes. The film explores the various music styles and history of the concertina.
