“And they all knew just the cure for what ailed them: an injection … [It] was cheap, and it’s effect was instantaneous, with patients grinning and skipping down the hill.” Abraham Verghese’s Cutting for Stone
Entries Tagged as 'movie'
KEEN Donates Shoes to Podoconiosis in Ethiopia
August 1st, 2010 by Jay Wright · 2 Comments · Africa, Ethiopia
This spring we traveled to Gimbie, Ethiopia where I made a promotional video with Monica Barlow and Binyam Teferi to raise awareness for Podoconiosis, a debilitating disease just “rediscovered” in western Ethiopia. The video has since been widely viewed, including one very important viewing by the good people at KEEN Shoes. Joni Kabana, a friend and […]
The Street Boys
April 19th, 2010 by Jay Wright · 4 Comments · Africa, Ethiopia
Mark Twain delights us with the wonders of boyhood. Skinned knees and bare feet, wild with imagination and thirst for adventure. Jirata, Dameka, and Lalise would fit brilliantly into these pages. I can see these three scamps racing the red clay roads to the staduim on Saturday mornings to watch futbol, striking taekwondo poses, and […]
Tomb Raiders of the Lost Cairo
March 30th, 2010 by Darlene Nastansky · 9 Comments · Africa, Egypt
Filmed on location in Egypt, 2010. Some people tour the tombs with a guide, some people go without a guide and some people hire the right girls to get the job done.