BY PAMELA BOWMAN MESA ARIZONA – “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.” — Douglas Adams When we went to Zambia, we had good intentions. We thought we would bring a new industry to a country that would embrace us …
Month: September 2006
I Am Enough
BY PAMELA BOWMAN MESA ARIZONA USA – Logging — I sit and watch and record events of the movies and I remember the essence of Zambia. I try to concentrate and pay attention to what may be useful for the films and then a scene occurs or a moment is recorded and all the emotion …
Producers Pow Wows
BY PAMELA BOWMAN, MESA, ARIZONA — One afternoon, Cyndi and I let our documentary cinematographer, Robbie, join us for the producer’s meeting. He had his camera with him. He heard our conversation and he recorded some of it. His comment was something like, “I wondered what you guys talked about. It’s fun to hear the …
It Begins…Again
BY PAMELA BOWMAN MESA ARIZONA – The editing process begins today. Editing is tedious (not as tedious as breaking rock beneath the noonday sun in Lusaka) but it is the end result that should make all the hard work worthwhile. Sometimes, as you go through the footage it is painful. There are moments you want …
Third and Final Week Summary
BY PAMELA BOWMAN MESA ARIZONA Requested by readers. Monday August 28 2006 — Visited Livingstone. Hiked around Victoria Falls. Great photos and footage Ate lunch downtown . YUM! Returned to Lodge. Enjoyed evening under the stars. Slept well! Tuesday August 29 2006 — Took Helicopter ride over falls. AWESOME! Toured wild animal park. Tons of …
Holding Hands – Holding Hearts
BY PAMELA BOWMAN — MESA ARIZONA USA – We are home. And once again one piece of my luggage is lost. For some reason it seems appropriate. While in Zambia I left my life behind and for 23 of the 27 days I had very little to remind me of that life. Now upon returning …