A year has passed since the 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti. During this time, many organizations have been on the ground working to bring aid to the Haitians. We’ve been lucky to work with some of those on the front lines of the effort. In the next few blog posts, read about how Inveneo, NetHope and Samasource used micro-documentaries to showcase their […]
Any mention of Haiti conjures the earthquake: multi-story buildings flattened like cardboard, tent camps squeezed into busy city centers, the tears and heartbreak of mothers and fathers, sons and daughters who lost loved ones in the disaster.But there’s another side to the disaster with which many of us are unfamiliar – the tremendous resiliency of […]
CGI Progress Report: Empowering Haitians Through Connected Cities “Micro-Documentaries delivered a piece that captures the true essence of Inveneo’s story and our work in Haiti in just 60 seconds, not only a requirement for our presentation at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting, but also a necessity in engaging today’s busy audiences. Since debuting our micro-documentary […]
An Overview of the Just Films Program from the Ford Foundation Website The goal of this new initiative is to advance social justice worldwide through the talent of emerging and established filmmakers. THE CHALLENGE With the explosion of digital media production over the past decade, there is far more film and video content available from which […]
One of our first micro-documentaries – Stanford School of Engineering This was one of our very first micro-documentaries and still one of our favorites. We had just started to experiment with what would become our trademark form – focusing on one spokesperson per piece, sharing a personal narrative that establishes a more human connection. As […]