Invisible Children and the Value of Long Form Video
- Posted by Steve K. on September 4th, 2007 filed in Uncategorized
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During the recent Communication Consultation in Wetheringsett, UK, a group of 20 SIM communicators from around the world gathered to discuss various issues and projects. One evening we watched the documentary film Invisible Children together and discussed the value of long form video to communicate our priority messages. I think it was helpful in getting us launched into that discussion.
If you haven’t heard of Invisible Children, Jeremy Del Rio offers this excellent summary, “Three white kids from San Diego—college students and aspiring film makers—travel to Africa in search of a story. What they find changes them forever, and the story they tell becomes a movement that inspires young people nationwide to love mercy and do justice. … I love that spearheading the effort are unqualified students who, by their own admission, had no clue how to make a documentary, nevermind launch a global movement. What they had however, was far more important than technical skill, state-of-the-art gear, and an internship with Spielberg. They had eyes to see, ears to hear, and just enough youthful idealism to believe that justice is still possible.”
Indeed, the guys behind Invisible Children are kingdom journalists, artists, and revolutionaries. Their stories are just as inspiring as the ones of the children they meet. Watch the trailer:
September 6th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
I finally just watched this movie myself. I’ve owned it for like 6 months and finally got around to watching it. It wasn’t what I expected, but still did it’s job well.
It would be interesting to see if SIM could pull the resources together in the future to do something like this. And more importantly, to see what the impact of it would be on developing countries.
PS. I met some people with the organization recently. A lot of them are in and around Texas. I also found out that at their core, they are Christians, but the ‘ministry’ is not religiously based, as you can tell from all their materials.