This is just great:
The Living Library project will enable people to come face-to-face with their prejudices in the hopes of altering their preconceived notions, Ulla Brohed of the Malmö Library in southern Sweden told AFP.
“You sometimes hear people’s prejudices and you realize that they are just uninformed,” she said.
This weekend, nine people, including a homosexual, an imam, a journalist, a Muslim woman and a gypsy, will be available at the Malmö Library for members of the public to “borrow” for a 45 minute conversation in the library’s outdoor cafe.
“Maybe not all journalists are know-it-all and sensationalist, just unafraid and curious. Maybe not all animal rights activists are angry and intolerant, but intelligent and committed,” she said.
This is something I hope to achieve with my film — showing that we all have much more in common than we realize. When face to face with someone (or listening to them give unscripted, non-soundbyte responses to questions), you have to treat them like a person, and not a stereotype.
(thanks to my sister Natalie for sending this story to me)
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Check out these photos from the Indymedia caucus at the conference. It was great to talk to Indymedia people from many other places. I’m in the first and third photos. The woman to my left, Sakura, does (did?) features for Sprouts Radio. Check out their archives and use your browser to search the page for her name. The man directly to her left is Ali, who was one of the editors on The Miami Model (great film. go there and download it and watch it!).
There are audio and video archives of essentially all of the conference’s events.
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and I’m never looking back.
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Most info on the film, RNC 2004, will now be appearing in the film’s brand new website, RNC 2004. Go there now to see the May 11 Rough Cut.
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Please forward to people you know who might be interested:
Craigslist Post
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I’ll combine the “3rd party” and “Kerry” sections, along with some other misplaced stuff, into a “who do the dissenters support?” section. YES
(Jordan, I think this will tangentially and simultaneously address several of the issues you raised, such as the “hippie pastor” going on for too long. I think the larger problem was that it was misplaced in a much more fast-paced scene).
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Okay, I finally sliced off the street argument from the beginning. I also added some more great street footage, and cleaned up the subtitles.
March 16 Rough Cut (Quicktime - 60 minutes - 316MB)
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Lots of new street interviews. Cut out some boring parts. Came out 2 minutes shorter. Tell all your friends.
March 13 Rough Cut (Quicktime - 67 minutes - 362MB)
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I am making DVDs of the current rough cut (newer than anything posted previously). Anyone and everyone who wants one, email me your mailing address, or leave a note in the comments below.
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Allright, here is a brand new rough cut, and i’m particularly pleased with it. Tell all your friends.
February 18 Rough Cut (Quicktime - 70 minutes - 371MB)
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