Stop the Pity: Call Me Hope
Directed by Joe Sabia and Bryce Yukio Adolphson
Shot and Edited by Bryce Yukio Adolphson
Produced by Nyla Rodgers
Post-Production Sound Mix by Matt McCorkle
130 Participants! 72 Locations! 2 Continents! 2 minutes and 15 seconds long! This is the second video in Mama Hope’s Stop the Pity Unlock the Potential Campaign which began with Alex Presents: Commando. With this piece we wanted to push the campaigns theme of interconnectedness from observational to participatory. …to bring our friends and family in Africa into a collaboration with their U.S. counterparts.
The right side of the screen are the people I live, laugh and work with on a daily basis in Africa. Program directors, project beneficiaries, and neighbors… they are our dear friends and partners in Mama Hope’s mission. The Americans are our other Mama Hope community. Resilient, forward thinking, committed and involved individuals joining the movement to change the stereotypes that have blanketed an entire continent since guilt based fundraising took over the development world.
Read more about the video’s production on the Mama Hope blog…
Special thanks to Master Concept Cobbler Co-Director Joe Sabia and Mama Hope Founding Director turned Social Video Producer Nyla Rodgers for their ceaseless chutzpah and infectious energy!
