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KICKSTARTER goal reached!
A couple of months ago, I started a Kickstarter project to help raise funds for some of the production costs for the film. Fortunately, the project was 100% funded, and my appreciation goes out to the following individuals for their … Continue reading
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NEW SPONSORS!!
The Sunrise People has been fortunate enough to acquire new sponsors in the form of in-kind donations from The Vitec Group, which has supplied production tools from the following companies: The support of these companies is vital to the … Continue reading
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Back in the Bayou…
Well, I arrived last night back in Grand Bayou Village. Uncle Bimbo (Maurice) met met at the dock and took me by boat back to Rosina and Ani’s house. It kind of feels like coming home; it’s so wonderful to … Continue reading
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Your support is needed!
I am extremely grateful for the guidance and support of local environmental non-profits dedicated to the crisis after the BP oil disaster, who have provided wonderful insight. However, I am in need of financial support to make this project a … Continue reading
Gearing up to head back down to the Gulf!
Well, many months have come and gone, and school and other projects have kept us very busy. Nevertheless, we’ve continued to plug away with this project. Although footage was captured on our trip last May, we were far from having … Continue reading
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MSU Bozeman Interview
Here’s an interview that came out on the university homepage today: Films shot by MSU students used in Gulf oil spill PSAs June 21, 2010 — Carol Schmidt, MSU News Service Devon Riter, a South Dakota native who came to … Continue reading
Day #60 of the BP oil DISASTER!
In all honesty, I never could have imagined that I would be writing a new post with Day #60 in the headline. It’s difficult for me to comprehend that not only is the leak still gushing oil, but the estimates … Continue reading
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Tagged BP Drilling Disaster, Conservation, contamination, dispersant, Environment, fish, fishermen, fishing, Grand Bayou, Gulf Coast, Gulf Oil Spill, Louisiana, sea birds, turtles
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Dr. Gina Solomon – NRDC
Dr. Gina Solomon is a senior scientific advisor for the Natural Resources Defense Council. She and other scientists have volunteered their time to help with sampling oil-affected regions and educating local fishermen about the dangers of exposure to the oil. … Continue reading
Earthea Nance, PhD
Dr. Earthea Nance is a scientist from the University of New Orleans, who has been involved in community outreach for local fishing communities. Together with Dr. Gina Solomon (NRDC), she has been measuring air and water quality in the Gulf … Continue reading
Efforts to contain the oil leak, NYT graphics
Graphics of BP’s attempts to curb the oil leak
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Interview with Devon – Aberdeen News
Read an interview with Devon: Filming a disaster: Area native in Gulf documenting oil spill
Momentum
Devon will be in Michigan for the month of June working on a promotional film for the university, and I am heading to Göteborg, Sweden to pick up my daughter, Hannah, for the summer. We will continue to work on … Continue reading
KTVM interview
Jessica Debbas, a reporter from KTVM in Bozeman, interviewed us this morning about our trip down to the Gulf Coast region. You can follow this link to see it! Look in the local news section of the videos (MSU students … Continue reading
Boston Globe – The Big Picture
These are some pretty powerful and depressing pictures that the Boston Globe posted today. I’m horrified to see them, but grateful that they are getting out there! http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/oil_reaches_louisiana_shores.html
What went wrong…
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Tagged BP Drilling Disaster, contamination, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf Coast, Gulf Oil Spill
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The numbers…
6,000,000: The number of gallons of oil that spilled in the first week. 840,000: The number of barrels that spill a day. 42,000: The number of barrels of oil per day that BP said were leaking. 11,000,000: The number of … Continue reading
Day #9 – Losses
This morning is a grey and dreary start to the day. As I sit here at the New Orleans airport and look out at the storm that’s brewing, I wonder how the next couple of days will be. Devon and … Continue reading
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Tagged BP Drilling Disaster, Christi Cooper-Kuhn, Devon Riter, Grand Bayou, Gulf Coast, Gulf Oil Spill, Louisiana
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Gulf oil spill much worse than originally estimated!!!
Although BP would like us to believe that the spill is small compared to the size of the Gulf and the amount of water volume in the region (?!?!?!), scientists have been able to determine that the amount spewing out … Continue reading
Biloxi, Mississippi – Day #7
Our journeys took us to Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi today. We spent the day with a NGO group, Below The Surface, who are focused on promoting water conservation and improving water quality in rivers and oceans. Pat Heidingfelder, a concerned, … Continue reading
Day #5 – Grand Bayou, Louisiana
We woke up this morning, bright and early, and headed down to Grand Bayou, LA to meet with a group of conservationists and local NGOs. National Resource Defense Council had a large presence, and there were some members from Gulf … Continue reading
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Tagged BP Drilling Disaster, Christi Cooper-Kuhn, contamination, Devon Riter, fishermen, Grand Bayou, Gulf Coast, LA
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Day 4 – New Orleans, LA
We arrived in New Orleans late last night. In the morning, we made phone calls to conservation groups, NGO’s, and different agencies working on the continued Gulf spilling clean-up efforts. Luckily we were able to reach several groups who are … Continue reading
Bozeman-Denver
Well, we made it safely to Denver and are preparing for our continued journey tomorrow. We discussed a lot of the story ideas and ways that we could best portray and document the stories that are arising due to this … Continue reading
