"The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera." - Dorothea Lange

Saturday, February 24, 2007

child of africa

Filmmaker Susan Panelli returned from Uganda last weekend with some great footage she shot at the orphanage. She will provide Change the Truth with whatever we need for our video presentation and for the website that is currently under construction. She's also going to make a short film to give to the orphanage for use in their own fund raising endeavors. It was so wonderful of Susan to make the trip up to St. Mary Kevin's from Kampala. I appreciate her willingness to get involved on this level. Thank you so much, Susan.

This is a beautiful clip of a young girl named Shamim singing "Child of Africa." This song was written by one of the teachers at St. Mary Kevin's and is usually sung by several children. I actually have a nice audio version of this being sung by the group, but the single voice of Shamim is, I believe, powerfully haunting and sad.

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