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| Elections 2004!!! |
| 04.14.04 (2:07 am) [edit] |
My movements in Cape Town have been as swift and stealth as a Ninja. As usual, contacts for the music production side of the Collective have been falling into my lap: everyone from the staff at this lil' net cafe to homies hangin on the corner want to get down on the [i]"Josie Tapes."[/i] I'm planning to move this way with the Laptop and the mobile studio sometime in May to complete the Cape Town recording sessions; I am also having great success in organizing a venue and local artists for the Cape Town booking in what is shaping up to be the Southern Africa Tour. More details to come....
All of this is really dull in comparison to the big moves that I am making in the production of my doc [i]"Song of Savior."[/i] Today is the third democratic election in the History of South Africa, and the people are hyped. The polling stations have lines out the door, and I am anticipating an overwhelming response to the camera. Part of this response most likely will be a number of police and IEC (Independent Electoral Commission) officials telling me I can't shoot anything on the premises. There is a lot of energy being put out in effort to keep everything peaceful and democratic, and IEC officials told me on Wednesday that "people just aren't themselves in front of a camera, we have to take extreme precautions as to make sure that things do not become hostile..." Although a lil' hostility would add a little excitement to my film, I am down to preserve the concepts of democracy and free safe elections for everyone. In an effort to gain a lil more insight into the perspective of the oppressed, I am headed out to one of the largest townships in the Western Cape, Langa, to document the elections from that angle. Meanwhile, Luke is on the other side of the country in Soweto doing the same.
Tomorrow I have interviews with prominent theologians in the Liberation Theology movement, and will be grilling them on their role in the modern democracy, and what they think South Africa needs to see before the people are truly free.
Maestro Just.Ice.3
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posted by: YouYouMamma (reply)
post date: 04.15.04 (11:39 am)
512 Rocks!!! You are doing such a great job...I cant wait to see these docs...YouYouMamma
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