The Tigris River flows through the ancient town of Hasankeyf in southeastern Turkey.
The documentary film, Life in Limbo, has won four honorable mentions at the Archeological Channel’s Film and Video Festival in Eugene, Oregon. Directed by Sakae Ishikawa, the film portrays life in Hasankeyf, a small town in southeastern Turkey where a proposed dam project threatens its existence. Filmed by me and edited by Sakae, the film features the music of Christopher Tin and Omar Faruk Tekbilek.
Life in Limbo won: Honorable mention in Best Film competition by jury, Honorable mention for Cinematography by jury, Honorable mention for Music by jury and Honorable mention in Audience Favorite competition.
What happens to one’s social media accounts after death? MyWebWill, a start-up company in Sweden, is trying to address the problem of handling the online lives of people after they die . VentureBeat‘s Kim-Mai Cutler sat down with founders Lisa Granberg and Elin Tybring to get an explanation of the service.
A bronze sculpture of the Labrador Duck sits in Brand Park in Elmira, New York, near the site where the last living survivor was seen. (photo by Scott Anger)
The Lost Bird Project, which memorializes five North American birds driven to extinction in modern times – the Carolina Parakeet, the Great Auk, the Heath Hen, the Labrador Duck and the Passenger Pigeon – has a launched a site. Continue reading »
DOCUMENTARY FILM TO BE DISTRIBUTED VIA NEWSPAPER – Gannett has announced that its newspapers will distribute one million copies of a documentary film made by the organization The Smile Train, which helps children in developing countries. The film, “Smile Pinki”, follows Pinki, a young girl in rural India whose life is transformed when she receives free surgery to correct her cleft lip. The Smile Train’s mission is to help very poor children in developing countries who are suffering from cleft lip.Continue reading »
At night outside the PS bookstore in Brooklyn. By Scott Anger
Rilke poem sits open in the window of the PS bookstore in DUMBO in Brooklyn. I’ve been scouting locations to shoot a scene for a film about Love – with big L – by Deborah Dickson.
RORY PECK AWARD DEADLINE – The award celebrates the work of freelance cameramen and camerawomen in TV news and current affairs around the world. To qualify for this year’s Awards, work must have been broadcast between 1 August 2008 and July 31 2009. The deadline is September 4, 2009.
