coming home, picking up, retracing steps, and putting it all down and out there
Ok. When last I left off, I was still in Point Noire (first visit) and we had yet to leave for the 'Big Rainforest Adventure' (quotation marks for a reason, read on), and our friends had started to sing. As I rushed out of the internet cafe, I thought I had posted the video of that singing. But I hadn't. So here it is now:
[In this video: Alain's hands, Mise's voice, Wilfred singing, and the rest of the team: Aaron, Jeanne, Kate, Nicole, Mr. Bienvenue, Raoul, Jean Leopold. Driving through the streets of Pointe Noire]
Gosh - that was ages ago.
As you've probably reaslised by now I'm home. I'm alive and well, and I've been home for some time now - over two weeks.* Therefore, it is also readily apparent that I have been procrastinating. Indeed. Procrastinating, avoiding, commencing and abandoning - all that sort of thing. Basically, not updating my blog.
"But for why?" I hear you cry (and I don't know why you're using that antiquated linguistic style, but you are). Well, for many reasons I suppose.
- Posted from Walthamstow, United Kingdom
I wrote a blog for SylC all about the Independent Cultural Cinema Exhibition Conference
I am quite proud of it and also it is important to read if you are a cinema because it concerns you. Do comment if you are actually a cinema, because that's amazing.
It starts like this:
It's not often that the specialised film exhibition sector gets the opportunity to talk directly to policy-makers. So yesterday's Independent Cultural Cinema Exhibition Conference hosted by SylC partner and field leader Watershed in Bristol, was a welcome opening for cinemas, film societies, higher education and research bodies, and funders to share feedback and strategy with DCMS representatives. Rachael Castell attended on behalf of SylC to note down some of the emerging headlines from an industry both in flux, and - according to many of the attendees - on the brink of an exciting new era...
and you can read the rest here:
http://supportyourlocalcinema.com/profiles/blogs/optimist-pessimist-or-realis...
thank you and goodnight. x
