Hi Everyone ! Jon here from the documentary crew.
After working hard for the past two months, we have finally completed the rough assembly of the Because I Am A Girl documentary.
Together with our excellent editor Jon Eagan, we have created something really special.
A “rough assembly” means that we have found our basic structure and now need to finesse it. After looking through almost 40 hours of footage, we have chosen the best comments, concerns, interview footage and visual shots from each city we travelled to.
It is now time to finesse what we have and move towards working on the audio and color correction. After all, the documentary needs to look and sound sharp before it premiers on the big screen !
While there is still much work to be done, we are all super pleased with what we accomplished over our documentary shoot. After looking at the footage two months later with “fresh” eyes, the impact of your voices is more resonant than ever before !
A special thanks to all those who have put work thus far into making this rough assembly possible, and we can’t wait to share this with the world.
All the best from our production offices in downtown Toronto, and stay tuned for future updates.
Hi ladies, great to see the work you are trying to do... it is the reason our military is in Afghanistan today, to help girls get an education, protect them from Sharia law, etc. Unfortunately, in Muslim countries is doesn't matter whether we give them money, the work still has to get done and it is invariably the girls that have to do it. That's just a fact of life. In Muslim nations, the girl/woman is treated with less respect than the family's herd of camels. I applaud you for your idea, but the men will never stoop to do the "woman's work" so I believe you will run into a wall with this campaign. Sorry to rain on your parade.
Jim;
Little steps are worth taking, for they DO lead somewhere. It may take 200 years to reap change, but the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step in the right direction. The proof is out there. And, in the end, if this or any similar campaign helps one - only one - girl out there, it will have been worth it.
Sincerely,
Betina