In honor of tomorrow being the International Day for Street Children, I thought I would share a few portraits I did of the Change Boys while we were in Ethiopia. Those of you following our blog for a while will probably remember when we filmed Change Boys, a short documentary about a band of street boys in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia whose lives were forever changed when a group of committed …
This short video is made from various offcuts from the Change Boys film. It is called Coffee or “Buna” (in Amharic). It shows a little bit of life and demonstrates the process of making coffee in an Ethiopian home outside of Addis Ababa. Special thanks goes out to George Rogers Clark for allowing me to use the song The Great Divide in this film. Check out his other tracks and buy …
During our filming for the Change Boys documentary we were able to travel with a couple of the boys back to their home town to meet their families. One of the primary goals of the the program is family reconciliation and it was such a gift to be able to witness these families first hand. We felt so welcomed with both of the families that we visited, even though I am sure …
A couple of weeks ago I showed you all a few of our photos from the ancient rock churches of Lalibela. If you haven’t seen the post, you can check it out here. We really enjoyed touring the ancient sites around the mountain, but I think the city of Lalibela was equally as fun for us to explore. We were dad to have just missed a festival that was scheduled for …
Dave and I scratched a destination off of my bucket list while in Ethiopia: We went to see the ancient rock churches of Lalibela! I have wanted to visit this remote city in the mountains of Ethiopia since I first heard about it in my African History class in college. These churches were carved down into the rock of the mountain to create churches modeled after Jerusalem about 800 years …
On August 9th, Erica and I board a plane and begin an 18 hour journey to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to work on a short documentary film project. Feelings of anxiety, excitement, and anticipation fill our heads as we wrap up the pre-production phase of the project and take care of last minute details. The focus of our trip is to capture a story about street boys in Ethiopia. Although we …