Footbridge Films

Mission

Peter — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:54:26 +0000

We create high quality, short educational films for overseas non-profit workers and their organizations.

Find out more about us and our mission, or let our work speak for itself.

Feedback

Peter — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:24:35 +0000

“Just those two minutes made me want to love the people there.” — Ed

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Small Footprint

Peter — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:18:09 +0000

We are a husband and wife team who believe that it is possible to do more with less… personnel, equipment and money.

HIV/AIDS Care and Prevention

Peter — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:55:20 +0000

Location: Malawi, Africa

Runs 14 minutes

Due to the AIDS crisis, many in the middle generation have died leaving their elderly parents to care for their orphaned children. Due to poverty and lack of education many kids risk exposure to HIV. Early training in life skills are key in breaking the cycle of AIDS and HIV.

Folk Buddhism

Peter — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:54:32 +0000

Location: Cambodia, Asia

Runs 8 minutes

Folk Buddhism is a far cry from the ‘textbook Buddhism’ that most westerners are exposed to. It is filled with territorial spirits and rituals passed down from Brahmanism and animism.

Scooter Trip

Peter — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:53:37 +0000

Ari Ben-Menashe is the author of Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network, a book purporting to describe his involvement in Iran-Contra and other intelligence operations. An Iraqi Jew who was educated in Israel, he is a former Israeli government employee, and has said that he worked for the intelligence services.[1] He has also said he was a “troubleshooter” for former prime minister Yitzhak Shamir.[2] Ben-Menashe now runs an international commodity exporting firm, Traeger Resources and Logistics Inc., which is registered in Montreal, Canada, where he lives.[3]

Togo Intro

Peter — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:42:37 +0000

Location: Togo, Africa

Runs 1 minute

Picture of life in central Togo. Vibrant colors, people enjoying community throughout the day. The music is an alphabet song set to traditional music from a local literacy program.

Senegal Intro

Peter — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:46:08 +0000

Location: Senegal, Africa

Runs 1.5 minutes

Sights and sounds of Senegal. We had the chance to spend time in the capital, a few hours inland and in the southern most part of Senegal. The music is from a local reggae artist we met who gave us permission to use his music.

Slate Washing

Peter — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 03:56:49 +0000

Location: Togo, Africa

Runs 41 seconds

An Imam, a Muslim religious leader, writes verses from the Koran on a tablet as a means of securing solutions, protection and power.

Togo

Peter — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:45:56 +0000

Internet is much too slow here. I had hopes of posting more video clips but those hopes were all but dashed… too bad. On another note, the project for the Weathers family is coming along nicely. People in Togo have been friendly and don’t mind when we ask to video them. This makes work much easier!

Last Saturday we had a day off which we (Andy, Awali, Agringan, Zumaru, the welder, Amanda and myself) used to visit confluence point 9N 1E. It was 6 kilometers there and another 6 back… as the crow flies. Throw in a couple more Ks to account for the many hills we went over and the ravines we crossed. We set out at 6:30 in the morning and arrived at the confluence point at 10:35am. The last 2 kilometers was bushwhacking on steep hillsides. On the way back we decided to stick to the riverbed that ran parallel to our previous route and that helped. We finally got home at around 3pm. If I had to do it again… Water… lots of water.

We stopped at a place to get a drink on the way home. I drank too much sweet grapefruit juice and cold water and ended up throwing up when I got home. It took a few days to feel 100%.