
We Want to
Make it Easier for
Independent Stories to Reach
their Audience
Our Indie Filmmaking Background
In the summer of 2006, we took an 18-member crew
from Mesa, Arizona to Zambia, Africa to shoot two films. BAD
TIMING, Zambia’s first dramatic narrative feature film
was based on a Zambian stage play by the same name. The film was
directed by Zambian Jabbes Mvula and featured an all-Zambian cast. HUSHED
VOICES, a documentary about the crew’s experiences
while filming in Zambia, the people they met and the impact the
experience had on their lives was shot at the same time.
As
a result of this experience, our company was created and is based
on the business model Cyndi Greening and Pamela Bowman discovered
during this collaboration. They are now committed to doing many
similar projects throughout the world and in the U.S. The model
is to tell narratives of personal triumph amidst hardships, prejudice,
and personal challenges by persons from nations that are currently
unrepresented in the global cinema. The model also recognizes the
potential for the participants to be educated within that culture
and the opportunity for locals of the area to participate and be
educated in the filmmaking experience. The success of completing
the African films has been a life-altering experience for the crew,
cast and producers of these films. We want to support the efforts
of others.