This piece was done during the My HERO GX Workshops in Laguna Beach, California. It's about a local Laguna Beach artist, Doug Miller, and his wife, Becky.
USA Featured Projects
GX Intro* - USA
6:45 minutes
An overview of the MyHero.com Global Exchange workshop with a dozen excerpts from the more than 50 short films produced. Not final audio mix.
Visiting the Birdmaker - USA
1:27 minutes
Visiting the Birdmaker -
camcorder: Cheikh Darou Seck, Antonio Mendoza.
A visit to the celebrated Senegalese artist, Mamadou Tall Diedhiou who recites a poem about his village
The Surfrider Club - USA
6 minutes
This short was created during the Global Exchange training workshops in Laguna Beach, Ca. 2006. It highlights the work of the LBHS Surfrider Club.
GX Globe Toss - USA
1:16 minutes
4 countries, 5 weeks, 80 participants, 1 short video.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver - USA
2.5 minutes
A tribute to Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics!
Park Celebration! PREVIEW - USA
2 minutes
A contemporary civic celebration of the re-opening of NY's City Hall Park (on October 10, 2007). The park, 2 blocks from the Twin Towers site, had been closed since 9-11. Cameras by Bill Marpet and Blithe Riley. Event and video produced and directed by Skip Blumberg.
Peace Begins - USA
6 minutes
Slater works with other youth activists in a colorful celebration of Peace Day.
This film was honored with First Prize
in the 2007 MY HERO SHORT FILM FESTIVAL for
High School Productions.
Slater Jewell Kemker directed and edited this short.
