BY PAMELA BOWMAN LUSAKA ZAMBIA AFRICA – We were told not to miss the African sunrise, but most of us found our beds too warm and our pillows too deep. It was curiosity that got me out of bed. I couldn’t wait to take an open air shower! I am weird, I know, but it …
Month: August 2006
Soul Break
BY PAMELA BOWMAN Lazy horizon swallows the African light Dust and dusk silhouette sauntering baskets upon chitenge. Faithful followers of ancient paths. Deepen the trail of their children’s graves. Dark child straddles what once was, is and will be. Eating the dust that has long been stale. Wondering wandering waterless way Back to where nomads …
A Promise Of Good Things
BY PAMELA BOWMAN LIVINGSTONE ZAMBIA – We left Lusaka at 4 in the afternoon. We were told it was a 5 hour trip to Livingstone. Alec was the first to suggest before we even got out of town that we should stop to eat. So technically we left at 5. We arrived in Livingstone at …
Weekly Review Two
August 21 2006 Monday: Great Day- We were shooting at our lodge. We got 11.5 pages done Amazing experience — Looks like a great week ahead. August 22 2006 We spoke too soon! Ying yang for sure By the afternoon we were back in the swing. Amazing footage of bridal shower with drummers and dancing. …
No Problem
BY PAMELA BOWMAN, LUSAKA, ZAMBIA — Zambia’s mantra is “no problem”. After two weeks we have learned that if anyone says “no problem” it means there is a big problem. Example? Well, we were told all of our set locations were arranged. Now in our world that means that if you are shooting at a …
Spiders
BY PAMELA BOWMAN, LUSAKA, ZAMBIA, AFRICA – It was like the first night we were there. We could hear the screams in all of our rooms. A spider had been found. The screams sent the insect into hiding, but our crew of ladies searched until the ghastly arachnid was found. The shoes and other accesible …
Weekly Review
BY PAMELA BOWMAN, LUSAKA, ZAMBIA, AFRICA – The other night we filmed each other and talked about our first week. Sort of a debriefing. Some had to stop and think, “what did we do this week?” Lack of sleep seems to create a blur of time. So we decided to recap the week in brief …
A New Week
PAMELA BOWMAN LUSAKA ZAMBIA AFRICA – Tomorrow begins a new week. We are spending time recuperating from last week. Yesterday, after spending the afternoon blogging and writing to our families, we went back to the resort. We showered and got dressed. For everyone else that meant clothes unrelated to the film. For me, it meant …
It’s All About the Food
BY PAMELA BOWMAN LUSAKA ZAMBIA AFRICA They have pizza here. They have bread. They have bottled water. You may notice we talk about food a lot. That is because we are working so hard that we are always hungry. We decided that we needed to have food on the set for everyone to nibble on …
Solving Problems
BY PAMELA BOWMAN, LUSAKA, ZAMBIA — I thought the first day of shooting would be today. I was wrong. No news there! We actually had an unexpected opportunity yesterday. Our bus driver is a dancer for the Ngoni warriors. He actually organizes his troup to dance at parties and such. So we thought it would …