Category: Africa
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Edongo Band, Kitgum, Northern Uganda
Jim Quattrocki and I were in Kitgum, Northern Uganda, recording a story at the Anglican Cathedral. I can’t remember if this is out of his camera or mine. Either way, it was a great day and beautiful music.
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Flight to Bukoba Tanzania
Wednesday, May 23, 2001 Jim Quattrocki, Kevin Jacobson and I arrive at an air strip in Moshi, Tanzania and board a single engine, fixed landing gear plane operated by African Inland Mission. Andy, the pilot, is a tall, slender American from Boulder, Colorado. It rained the night before – now the clouds began to lift…
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Proud of my Ugandan Friend Emmy
I first met Akoch Emmanuel (Emmy), managing an internet cafe in Kitgum, Uganda in 2006. At the time, Northern Uganda was in the final stages of a 21 year civil war that saw hundreds of thousands forced into Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camps. More than 20,000 children were abducted from villages and forced to join…
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Raise Your Voice
This is a music video in support of CROP Hunger Walks. Music by singer/songwriter K.C. Clifford. Following the January 2010 earthquakes in Haiti, I recorded footage that Church World Service used in this video. I even noticed a shot that Jim Quattrocki and I recorded in Tanzania more than a decade ago. Great to see…
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Acholi Return to Farming with LWF Support
The Lutheran World Federation is helping thousands of Acholi farmers return to traditional village life following 22 years of rebel warfare and child abduction in Northern Uganda.
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Ready to Forgive: An African Story of Grace
Ready to Forgive: An African Story of Grace 10/18/2009 Vision and Values – ABC Presented by the National Council of Churches USA; Produced by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Beginning October 18 through December, 2009, ABC stations across the US will be airing a documentary I produced about forgiveness. Even though the Acholi people…
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Returning to Uganda
Sunday morning after a meeting in New York with Intersections International about an upcoming shoot in the Middle East, I leave for a short return visit to Uganda for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Two years ago I produced a documentary about the Acholi people in Northern Uganda and their quest to forgive a…
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Eye Mission Malawi
Find more videos like this on Book of Faith This video is one of eleven testimonials produced for the Northwest Synod of Wisconsin Book of Faith initiative. The Northwest Synod of Wisconsin has a strong companion relationship with Lutherans in the African nation of Malawi. In this segment, we learn about an eye clinic mission…
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Joseph Garang Atem Address
This is an address by The Right Reverend Joseph Garang Atem, Bishop of the Diocese of Renk, Episcopal Church of Sudan, recorded Sunday, November 16, 2008 at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church Glen Ellyn, Illinois.