Here's a gem of a video put together by Anni Lyngskaer and Trine Berg.
Taking the sounds of everyday life in Sierra Leone and mixing them into a music track, we see women of all ages (From 0-75) dancing to a Salone riddim! Warning: it's infectious, I bet you watch it more than once!
Lyngskaer andBergare also involved in a participatory video programme in Kono (In the east of Sierra Leone) called This Is My Story. They worked with a group of female tailors who were trained to produce a series of short documentaries on issues that mattered to them.
Great work ladies, the more self-stories coming out of Sierra Leone the better, especially from the women of the country.
This is just a quick post to highlight some of the great work being done by Idriss Kpange and team at Concept Multimedia in Freetown.
I spent a fair bit of time last summer hanging out and shooting at the Concept Studio at King Tom Bridge. This is where Concept produced a video for Paps' song Freetown Girls (I'll be doing a more detailed post on this soon).
Here's the latest video from Concept for the artist Ma B, who along with Paps is a member of the Def Unit crew. Keep your eyes peeled for Paps' appearance in the video!
The latest video by Sierra Leone's hottest artist, Ma B. The song speaks about forgetting life's problems, "dusting yourself" and moving on with life.
Video was shot on location in Murray Town, Freetown (Ma B's "hood") and involved people from the community.
Mr Kpange, alongside his partner Sabrina Mahtani of Advocaid, is also behind Opin Yu Yi (Krio for Open Your Eyes), Sierra Leone's first human rights film festival.
It will be taking place later this month in a selection of venues across the city, from the British Council to the Kroo Bay community field. They will be showing a selection of fantastic documentaries highlighting human rights issues, including two recent US co-productions: War Don Don and Fambul Tok, as well as Lost Freetown which Kpange himself was involved in.
I'd really like to commend them on their excellent work and I wish I could be there to support the festival in person - maybe next year!
