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Inside Disaster gets Webby nod
Inside the Haiti Earthquake has been nominated for a 2011 Webby Award, for Best Writing in Online Film & Video. Users can vote for the project in the Webby “People’s Voice” competition.
“Revolution is a scary thing”
Aristide's return is a threat to Haiti's elites, who are vastly outnumbered by the country's poor.
How to stop Haiti’s cholera
Paul Farmer has never believed that the world's poor should settle for lower standards of health care; he argues that we're all in this together.
Reconstruction in limbo
How can Haiti move from crisis to active reconstruction? Not only is the economy expected to contract a massive 9% this year, but only 15% of the $8.75 pledged to Haiti's reconstruction has arrived.
Cholera outbreak reaches Port-au-Prince
The outbreak has already killed 544 people in Haiti, and now endangers the 3 million residents of Port-au-Price who are still living in tent camps.
NYT: Haiti debris removal begins
The Haitian government is paying up to $58 a cubic yard for debris removal, "considerably more than the American government paid contractors after Hurricane Katrina."
Inside Disaster Honoured by CNMAs
Inside Disaster has been nominated in two categories: Best Cross-Platform Project for Inside Disaster: Haiti, and Best Web-Based Game for Experience the Haiti Earthquake.
Haiti Earthquake Aftermath Montage
Slow-motion montage of the Haiti Earthquake aftermath, shot by NY cinematographer Khalid Mohtaseb.
“Send me the moral boosters please”
Today was day seven of the crew's 35-day shoot in Haiti. Like almost everyone else in the country, Nico has been sick and fighting exhaustion, sadness, and shock for the past week.
Regarding the pain of others
Consuming images of suffering alone does necessarily bring us closer to the people on the other side of the lens. Multiplied in the thousands, these images can eventually have the opposite effect: they become numbing, dehumanizing, exhausting.
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