Comments on: Big emotions, small scales http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/06/04/big-emotions-small-scales/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ogemdi http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/06/04/big-emotions-small-scales/comment-page-1/#comment-2428874 Ogemdi Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:39:55 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1459#comment-2428874 Newton Aduka is spot on here"Aduaka gives''us some hints: alienation, racism, a longing for home. He mentions that since moving to France from the UK, he feels like he’s gone decades back in time in terms of multiculturalism'.'' I have lived in France and found that France is decades behind in terms of multiculturalism. Newton Aduka is spot on here”Aduaka gives”us some hints: alienation, racism, a longing for home. He mentions that since moving to France from the UK, he feels like he’s gone decades back in time in terms of multiculturalism’.”

I have lived in France and found that France is decades behind in terms of multiculturalism.

]]> By: TED Global: Day 2 - Reflections « David McQueen http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/06/04/big-emotions-small-scales/comment-page-1/#comment-326120 TED Global: Day 2 - Reflections « David McQueen Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:08:35 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1459#comment-326120 [...] The first Andrew Dosunmu told how he used film to confront the negative images being portrayed of his homeland Nigeria through European media. From music videos to the portrayal of lives in Yiso Yiso a South African “soap”, he definitely showed excellence in African filmaking and videographer. Secondly Carol Pineau who filmed Africa Open for Business,  wowed the crowd  with her direct approach about being able to  represent african enterprise through TV.  She threw done some direct challenges to the crowd about how we think and form perceptions about African investment and business. The final one was Newton Aduaka. Wow. Ethan writes more about him here, but his films were just powerful. Without a doubt almost left a lot of people in tears. [...] [...] The first Andrew Dosunmu told how he used film to confront the negative images being portrayed of his homeland Nigeria through European media. From music videos to the portrayal of lives in Yiso Yiso a South African “soap”, he definitely showed excellence in African filmaking and videographer. Secondly Carol Pineau who filmed Africa Open for Business,  wowed the crowd  with her direct approach about being able to  represent african enterprise through TV.  She threw done some direct challenges to the crowd about how we think and form perceptions about African investment and business. The final one was Newton Aduaka. Wow. Ethan writes more about him here, but his films were just powerful. Without a doubt almost left a lot of people in tears. [...]

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