In October, a team from the Abrašević media center (including yours truly) spent a week in Turin to learn about web radio in a youth center called CPG. Below is a short video I made which some activities of the center. I especially love the breakdancers!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
AbrašRadio!
Abrašević Media Center has started up again with web radio-- the first, and only, web radio station in all of Bosnia-Herzegovina! listen to a wonderful mix of alternative music and news by going to www.abrasmedia.info and clicking on the link on the left hand side of the page.
Šargijaš
I went to a refugee camp near Mostar in order to do some filming for a humanitarian organization (Mission without Borders), which works there. While there, I was struck by the problems these internally displaced people face, but also by the courage and creativity with which they live in such difficult surroundings. One man, Pavao Tuljić, played for us on a Bosnian traditional instrument called the šargija. (A šargija player is called a "šargijaš".) Below is a short video I made of an interview with him and then him playing. (For those who don't speak Bosnian, you might want to skip to the part where he is playing!)
Friday, October 9, 2009
Center for Information!
Two more short videos I made for the Info Center in Abrasevic, about the training for peer educators and the school presentations by peer educators.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Democracy in Translation
Trailer of a documentary film about the beginnings of Pokret DOSTA! in Sarajevo.
"The film was created as an attempt to document one of the most important triumphs of civil society in BH, and to explain the views, opinions and happenings during the protests in Sarajevo in 2008 as a reaction to the murder of teenager Denis Mrnjavac. We want to show that in BH civil democracy is possible and that citizens can effect change in their society through active engagement."
"The film was created as an attempt to document one of the most important triumphs of civil society in BH, and to explain the views, opinions and happenings during the protests in Sarajevo in 2008 as a reaction to the murder of teenager Denis Mrnjavac. We want to show that in BH civil democracy is possible and that citizens can effect change in their society through active engagement."
Monday, September 14, 2009
Info for all!
This is a short video I made for the Info Centar in Abrasevic, which provides peer education about sexual and reproductive health for schools and institutions in Mostar.
Ne zaUSTAVljate nas!
At the beginning of August, Pokret DOSTA! had a national gathering in Mostar to promote a petition drive for direct democracy, called "Ne ZaUSTAVljate nas", translated as "Don't stop us", but it's also a pun in Bosnian because the word for constitution "ustav" in in the middle of the word "stop". Bosnia-Herzegovina is hampered politically by the post-war constitution (among other things), and one concrete measure that the DOSTA! movement wants to take in making politicians more accountable to voters is introducing this provision for direct democracy, basically, advocating for referendums to have more of a political impact. I made a short video of the petition drive, which was held in a village market near Mostar.
Loose translations of the interviews:
"Parliament doesn't have to take petitions into consideration, but when we finish this petition drive, if we collect enough signatures, Parliament will be legally obligated to consider petitions more seriously. Just put down your name, signature and social security number."
"We're forcing politicians to take us seriously at last and to realize that citizens can change something, that politicians don't have absolute power in the period between each election."
"If we're not aware of the fact that we can change something, then we wouldn't be doing this. We would be sitting somewhere having coffee, not walking around in the heat collecting signatures."
"If we try, there's a big chance that we can change something. If we don't try, then we know for sure that nothing will change."
(The music in the video is from the local rapper Frenkie and his song "Promjene". The chorus says, "It's not getting better because we're just waiting for change", and then the slogan at the end of the video says, "Don't just wait for change!")
Loose translations of the interviews:
"Parliament doesn't have to take petitions into consideration, but when we finish this petition drive, if we collect enough signatures, Parliament will be legally obligated to consider petitions more seriously. Just put down your name, signature and social security number."
"We're forcing politicians to take us seriously at last and to realize that citizens can change something, that politicians don't have absolute power in the period between each election."
"If we're not aware of the fact that we can change something, then we wouldn't be doing this. We would be sitting somewhere having coffee, not walking around in the heat collecting signatures."
"If we try, there's a big chance that we can change something. If we don't try, then we know for sure that nothing will change."
(The music in the video is from the local rapper Frenkie and his song "Promjene". The chorus says, "It's not getting better because we're just waiting for change", and then the slogan at the end of the video says, "Don't just wait for change!")
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