1. 1.to equip the Yao to capture their stories
   

2. 2.to capture positive images of Muslim culture
   

3. 3.to publicize MGK as an example of creative humanitarian efforts
   

4. 4.to shoot a feature-length, broadcast-quality documentary
   

5. 5.to leave behind the ingredients for a video library

1. 1.equality of voice: When Africans tell stories themselves, they own their image. The project gives them a bigger voice for a global stage.
   

2. 2.right relationships: The film will show positive images of Muslims to a Western society where Islam is associated primarily with violence.
   

3. 3.shared experiences: Video technology links the West with the Global South and further expands the global community.

the project’s goals

the project’s motives

synopsis

This June we will travel to Mozambique for a six-week tour of development work in select cities and villages. Our final destination will be a resource center called Malo Ga Kujilana in Nomba Village. There, we will hand our cameras to the local people (the Yao) and teach them to film their own lives. Along with the freshly-minted African filmmakers, we will trek out to the bush to interview elders who have survived both the War for Independence and the Civil War. The footage will be played for the entire village, as a means of supplying the community with memory, and to viewers back home in the States, as a means of communicating an African voice globally. We plan on returning with a joint-documentary, filmed by American and African hands, while leaving behind the equipment and skills necessary to supply a local video library.