greener than paradise

You’re all invited to the official premier of Rede Mocoronga!!

At the moment we’re doing valuations of the workshops here at the office of Saudé & Alegria. Come see us now or at 19:00 when the films are to be screened.

“There are film crews coming here doing documentaries on Amazonas, but that is not the point nor the outcome of this. The idea with this project is that you, as riberinhos, will learn how to show your own reality with your own perspective showing what you find important as a amazonian citizen.”

And that really sums my point of view on our work. I find the criticism preposterous as seen on the invitation posted on the blog of Jeso Carneiro (local blogging newsmachine). The criticism is based on the quality of the films that have been produced. I don’t know whether to cry or laugh; what we see here are the first steps of a person with a camera and as in everything one has to make mistakes before coming out as a pro. The rest of the criticism just makes me laugh as the guy states that the reality of riberinhos is so easy to calculate that it’s not even worth to be mentioned once again. The lack of knowledge is dangerous but I find it sometimes simply amusing.

Well, go check the invitations and parallell reports from my collegues at Saude Alegria here and here.

Cheers, next stop Bollywood.

Btw. Tip of the day must be to light a candle during Earth Hour as the employees at Ikea Canada.