https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l8h27XzxDg&feature=youtu.be Erjok “David” Makuei was one of the film students we met in Kakuma refugee camp, the place he's called home for the past 23 years. Born in Kakuma, it’s the only home David has ever known. In addition to performing a personal spoken-word rap, he candidly revealed his life experiences and future
“I thought it was a dream.” This is how Nyamad’s spoken-word poetry piece began. Standing in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp, the 22-year-old adorned an incongruent white t-shirt with “Los Angeles” printed in small black lettering on the front. Her eyes were closed for the duration of her poetry as she felt each moment of her
Many around the world view refugees as a herd of scary "others" flooding countries and threatening our safety. Even when they don’t reach our shores, some potential host countries would rather ignore refugees than support them. The world then forgets about these desperate people while they continue to endure unspeakable trauma and loss. Due to
In February of 2015, my film production team reached our goal of raising $30,000 on Kickstarter to help us complete our feature documentary, Refugee: The Eritrean Exodus. The process was time consuming, exhausting, thrilling, and tedious at times, but it was well worth the energy. I’d like to share some of what we have learned
[avatar user="cotter" size="thumbnail" align="left" link="https://www.tailormademedia.com/about-us-3/" /] Congratulations! You woke up this morning and have a great idea! Now you are planning to make a film. That is awesome and you should do it, but you should know that making a film is not as easy as you may think. This is what I learned while
