The Parallel Lives 24 hour Newsroom was hosted at the Documentary Media Centre on Wednesday 19th August (00:00-23:59).
Parallel Lives is a project that covers 100+ countries and aims to connect people who create and produce documentary forms of media …. film, photography, audio & new media.
The power of story-living from individuals offers a way to challenge mainstream media bias, social prejudice and enhance social understanding through education of global issues.
The conversation was ‘live’ throughout the newsroom on the DMC social media channels:
Twitter & Instagram @DocMediaCentre
Documentary Media Centre Facebook Page – click here
Timetable:
00:00 Welcome to the start of the 24 hour Parallel Lives newsroom – ‘live’ talk about Parallel Lives on Facebook Page
01:00 Indonesia
Lok ba intan Floating Market – Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia
The River City – 720,000 people
02:00 Cambodia
Samatipal Pagoda – the name means meditation – in Banteymeanch Province, near the border with Thailand.
03:00 Malaysia
04:00 Pakistan
05:00 Kenya
Click this link to view the Mind Me International website
05:30 India
Here is the link to Pallavi’s organisation on Facebook: A Cause For Celebration
06:00 Burundi
The East African country is a former German colony and lived under Belgian rule until gaining independence almost 60 years ago. A report says its leaders plan to ask the two ex-rulers to pay damages — and not just cash.
07:00 Bangladesh
Website for the Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication
08:00 Thailand / Laos
Pat Kotchapakdee was a recipient of a grant from the National Geographic Society for this project: Kalomese Tribe in Laos: Lost Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them
08:30 India
Follow Kavita Ashok on Twitter @kavitaashok1969
09:00 Iraq
Dr Ahmed Bahiya is a member of the Media Discourse Centre – De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.
10:00 Nigeria
Click the link to view The Backwaters short documentary by Cletus Clement on the Milano Mobile Film Festival website.
11:00 Oman
11:30 Sri Lanka / Nepal
Interview with social entrepreneur Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan, Founder of the Zinthiya Trust and the Bear Earth CIC.
12:00 Nigeria
Interview with Israel Kashim Audu, Founder of the Kaduna International Film Festival in Nigeria.
14:00 Uganda
14:30 Colombia / Mozambique & Brazil / Afghanistan & India
Interview with Andy Salkeld (Cycling Coordinator, Leicester City Council) and Janet Hudson (Transport Development Officer, Leicester City Council) about the upcoming Ride Leicester Festival 2020 programme and the cycling projects across the globe that have inspired their work in the city.
15:30 Nicaragua / El Salvador
Interview with Gail Brown from the Leicester Coffee House Company recorded by Dr Rob Watson, Founder of the Decentered Media podcast – click here to listen
16:00 Haiti
Find out more about the Andrew Grene High School and the work of the Andrew Grene Foundation in Haiti.
17:00 Honduras / Nepal / Nigeria
Interview with Sarah J Reilly MA, Disability Rights Advocate and Researcher about the challenges globally for the 1 billion people with disabilities (15% of global population) when it comes to access to information and resources.
18:00 Yemen
Interview with Kulsum Hafeji, Founder of the Colours of Leicester project about the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
If you want to find out more, please click the link to a resource list we’ve created on the Conflict Reportage Archive website.
18:30 Guatemala / Mexico
Interview with Thomas Bowers, Archaeologist (University of Leicester MA) about the global trade in trafficked antiquities.
19:00 Peru
Interview with Thilo Boeck, Transitions Project Director at the Amantani NGO.
Please support their Laptops for Education campaign on www.justgiving.com
You can also view the ‘Meet My World‘ films created by the young people involved in the project – click here
20:00 Brazil
Interview with Dr Paul Reilly, Senior Lecturer in Social Media and Digital Society (Information School, The University of Sheffield) about the Parallel Lives project and the countries covered on the 24 hour newsroom.
21:00 Lesotho / Burkina Faso
Interview with Iara Lee, Film Director and Activist about her new Lesotho documentary film and how she identifies the stories that need filming.
Burkinabé Rising: the Art of Resistance in Burkina Faso – click for Full Documentary (FREE to watch)
From Trash to Treasure: Turning Negatives into Positives – click for Full Documentary (FREE to watch)
22:00 South & North Korea / Iraq / Oman & Zanzibar / Brazil
Interview with Dodge Billingsley of Combat Films and Research in Utah, USA.
Click to view a resource list of Dodge’s documentary films from the Conflict Reportage Archive’s 24 hour newsroom in May 2020.
23:00 Panama / Zambia / Morocco / Somalia
23:59 Finish!
John Coster is a freelance Journalist, Educator & Documentarian who established the Documentary Media Centre (a registered independent Museum Archive & Library) in 2014 and organises regular educational pop-up events.
It operates from Northampton Street, Leicester with events (Reportage Club), exhibitions (DocSpace), training programme (DocFolio) and themed newsrooms.
The Documentary Media Centre also hosts the Conflict Reportage Archive and Women’s Research Centre.
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