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| Day 99 - 512 Dispatch |
| 05.11.04 (1:50 pm) [edit] |
 Our activities have seen a brief lull as Justice and I settle down here in Jo'burg for some editing work on our films, but everything is about to boil over again in the coming weeks. Here's a tentative look at what we've got planned:
This friday, there will be another 512 live performance in an area of the city called Randburg. Justice is rocking the mic at what would appear to be a pretty chill venue (based on the flyer I saw...). We'll really try to get you guys some Mp3 recordings of this one, but I can't promise you anything...
On Monday, we'll head to the city Durban, assuming that the WFP ship that's set to arrive the next day is still on schedule. The ship will be carrying enough food to feed a small country for a week or more, and I want to film it coming into port and being unloaded. The World Food Programme also has some massive warehouse spaces there than I want to get a few shots of.
From Durban, we will go straight up the coast to Swaziland. It's a pretty interesting country - the smallest in the world that's south of the equator, and also the last African nation to still be ruled under a Monarchy. Unfortunately, we will have only a few days there, but I will shoot as much footage as I can for my project.
Late May will see another short breather for us as we settle down to assemble 7- minute 'preview' versions of our documentaries. These will turned in to the professors here in Jo'burg that have been overseeing the projects, and will also be posted online in their entirety. However, these demo cuts will only represent around 20% of the completed films.
Towards the end of the month, there is a court case in Pretoria in which Monsanto (the US giant in genetical engineering and pesticides) is being sued by a coalition of South African organizations for their business practices in this country and throughout the continent. I want to document the hearings and address some of the detrimental effects of GMOs in my film.
Within a few days of that, we hit the road again - this time we're heading back to Mozambique, and then into Zimbabwe one last time. We'll be cutting away at our last month in Africa, so the pace will really pick up at that point, but I think it'll be a very productive trip. More on those plans later.
We hope to get back into Jo'burg from Zimbabwe in time to take a final exam here at the university, and then it's off once more - this time to Cape Town. Justice has another show lined up, and we've both got an interview or two still to shoot there as well. After that...
Well, I guess that's about it actually. We'll get back here and have two weeks or so before we fly back to the Westernized hemisphere, most of which will be spent partying and getting ready to go. It seems like no time at all before we're gonna be standing on US soil again.
Damn...
�DL Fitch signing off.�
-[terminate dispatch]
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posted by: paganspirit (reply)
post date: 05.12.04 (12:35 am)
Sounds like you two are packing it in!!! What ever happened with the riots on campus?
Justice, confirm you got the interview questions from Shawna, and that June 2 will find you at home, when she plans to do the IM follow-up!
Take care!
Mom
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