3 comments on “In The Dark: Senegal As A Case Study In Energy Poverty”
A good and very important topic, but way too long and not focused. Cut it down to less than 30 minutes and focus a whole lot more. I know you spent a lot of money on travel and filming and feel you need to get your moneies worth, but the goal is to educate and this is not doing that if no one will watch a 90 minute video that goes all over the place! You can point out all the important areas of no reliable power without all the interviews. It looks like not enough time editing the final product with your main goals in mind as you do that. I really like your work and this can be better.
I watched the whole film, which impressed me with its breadth, covering not only Western net zero pressures but the corruption seemingly endemic in Africa and the whole potential economic journey from grinding poverty to wealth. The few people trying to improve children's lives are struggling against a great tide. I have also seen elsewhere the trash and litter that can despoil the Third World.
Louis is right to suggest the film is too long to act as propaganda but it should still be required viewing for the "great and the good" that run our foreign aid institutions.
A good and very important topic, but way too long and not focused. Cut it down to less than 30 minutes and focus a whole lot more. I know you spent a lot of money on travel and filming and feel you need to get your moneies worth, but the goal is to educate and this is not doing that if no one will watch a 90 minute video that goes all over the place! You can point out all the important areas of no reliable power without all the interviews. It looks like not enough time editing the final product with your main goals in mind as you do that. I really like your work and this can be better.
I watched the whole film, which impressed me with its breadth, covering not only Western net zero pressures but the corruption seemingly endemic in Africa and the whole potential economic journey from grinding poverty to wealth. The few people trying to improve children's lives are struggling against a great tide. I have also seen elsewhere the trash and litter that can despoil the Third World.
Louis is right to suggest the film is too long to act as propaganda but it should still be required viewing for the "great and the good" that run our foreign aid institutions.
Awesome work