At the end of the day, those films will be the only concrete evidence of what we’ve accomplished.
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Before she left, Bridget told me one thing she misses the most about home is being anonymous.
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Last night the whole world turned against us – we lost power, people weren’t showing up because of the poor location and then it started to rain.
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The travelling film festival, after much delay, finally got rolling on Wednesday.
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I’ve always hated when people sit back and tell me “don’t worry; it will all work out in the end.”
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Raymond and I made a list of all the things that needed to be done before tomorrow’s festival. Number 11 on the list read “Look good, especially Christoph (you have nothing)”.
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There’s a proverb in Burundi that, when translated, goes something like “by sitting around, the gorilla lost his chance to get a tail.”
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The honeymoon in Africa is definitely over.
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Comment une association sans but lucratif comme la notre peut-elle mesurer son succès auprès des bénéficiaires autrement que cela ?
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Editing is considered to be the only aspect of filmmaking unique to the medium.
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The code Hutu extremists used over the radio to start the 1994 genocide in Rwanda was “it’s time to cut down the tall trees.”
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My nickname among the students has become “the cheater”.
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The classroom can only teach you so much.
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We’re more than halfway done and the light at the end of the tunnel no longer feels like a train barreling down upon us.
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A crew of aspiring Burundian filmmakers gather in one of the poorest quarters of Bujumbura.
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Sundays in Burundi are the way a day of rest should be.
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Raymond finally escaped from the darkness yesterday and is back with the BFC full-time.
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Walking into class today probably had me more nervous than all the others days combined.
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