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 …
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 …
African Sunrise
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 …
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. …