Calling All Film-makers

I received an email yesterday from Kenny Hiser at Sojourners. This sounds like a great opportunity, so I am going to post it and hope that someone takes up the challenge.

Hi Tim -

I just wanted to let you know about an opportunity some of your readers might be interested in. Sojourners and World Vision are partnering together on a new initiative called the Filmmaker Challenge where we are asking aspiring filmmakers to create a short video (less than 4-minutes) that demonstrates what everyday people can do to help end poverty.

The winner gets an all expense paid trip to Africa and a flight to Washington, D.C. to have their video premiered at The Mobilization to End Poverty, a historic gathering of thousands of activists on April 26-29, 2009 where we expect President-elect Obama to give the keynote. Filmmakers should register at www.sojo.net/filmmaker by Dec. 17.

Please feel free to use any of this information for your blog or email me with questions. We’d appreciate all the help in spreading the word about this exciting project!

Thanks,
Kenny