http://laradamiani.com Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:12:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm currently working on my new project 1000 STORIES OF HOPE. Ultimately, it's a project about making and distributing, for free, stories from people whose voices are little heard and stories that show there is hope. As a documentary filmmaker passionate about making and telling stories that can educate, inspire and ... http://laradamiani.com/2012/03/stories-of-hope/ I was lucky to spend two weeks in the remote communities of Warruwi (Goulburn Island) and Gunbalanya recently, training two groups of Indigenous young people in filmmaking as well as making short films with them. In both communities, we've already discussed my going back to train more groups. Filmmaking skills ... http://laradamiani.com/2011/07/filmmaking-training-top-end/ Alyawarr elder, Banjo Morton forced the owners of the Lake Nash cattle station in the Northern Territory to pay him and other Aboriginal stockmen £1 a month when he  led a walk-off from there in 1942. Sixty-eight years later, Banjo has led another walk-off, this time from Ampilatwatja, ... http://laradamiani.com/2010/04/banjos-wara-new-documentary/ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqY-00Q9USQ] The Moustache Brothers are not just a traditional a-nyeint pwe (vaudeville folk opera with dance, music, and jokes)...they are artists brave enough to speak out in a country where a joke against the government can get you jailed. Lu Paw, the English speaker of the three, provides some tongue-in-cheek humour ... http://laradamiani.com/2009/12/burmas-moustache-bros/ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1niEVzpHug] Happiness and peace from a part of the world where people have little but are very rich.. http://laradamiani.com/2009/12/burma-kids/ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGfGEya2Wy0] Great effort by Marco and friends for the Adelaide 350 International Day of Climate Change Action... http://laradamiani.com/2009/11/350_adelaide/ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mnnVNekp3E] This is the clip that got Miguel and I selected for an audition for a Pilot for a Channel 7 series...fingers crossed ! http://laradamiani.com/2009/10/all-you-need-is-love/ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hJNMP6cUVQ] http://laradamiani.com/2009/10/fearless-filmmaker-for-hire/