Highlighting the best panels on video, storytelling, and advocacy for SXSW 2016 by: Amy Zhang, Intern We’re thrilled to propose a panel for South by South West (SXSW), a ten day gathering of the brightest minds in music, film, technology, and, as you’ll see below, human rights and social justice movements. Our panel features Ed… Read More Our Panel Picks for SXSW 2016
Clean and sober for five years, Tammy is the mother of seven and proud grandmother of two. “I’m an ex-addict that is struggling every day to try to get myself together,” explains Tammy. She had steered her life back on track after years of treatment and hard work, but a relatively small issue threatened to turn… Read More Brooklyn Community Bail Fund: Giving Low-Income Individuals a Chance in Court
N-Map recently partnered with Equal Education (EE), a movement of learners, parents, teachers, and principals working to improve the infrastructure of public schools in South Africa. The team filmed at schools in the Eastern Cape—one of the country’s poorest and most isolated provinces—to document the environment in which students there learn. Our footage will be… Read More Update From the Field: Supporting Equal Education’s Advocacy for Quality & Equality in South African Schools
In Chiatura, Georgia, miners commute to the cliff top manganese mines in Soviet-era cable cars. As we boarded one of these cars during N-Map’s January shoot, our crew surveyed it anxiously. The cable cars are ancient and rusty—a wonder that they still function. As the car steeply ascended, our interview subject, Shota Gaprindashvili, spoke with… Read More 8 Steps to Effective Advocacy – A New Instructional Video Series
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