Onward.
When the images touched the screen, and the sound was heard, King Street manifested a new dimension. Life-changing questions were posed, and people were inspired by the prominent display of natures resiliency and the indigenous people's ingenuity.
The Psychedelic Safari was a success, in terms both of fundraising and generating awareness and support for Apo Calypso Productions and the indigenous peoples we seek to portray. We hope to recreate a similar event, on a larger scale, sometime in the future when ample time makes itself available to us.
In the meantime, we are in the midst of finalizing the visual component of the journey that will take viewers through nature and its offerings, to a culture that celebrates these offerings everyday. This journey will emphasize, through our raw and organic approach, the blessings of nature with which we have been bestowed, and how miraculously, the Masai of Il Ngwesi have maintained their deep connection to the wildlife and environment. Viewers will be transported into the natural realm whose call has been desperately beckoning us back outside.
As we continue to sculpt the structure of this journey, our countless hours of investment increase in reward, and our faith remains firm. We are now in the final stages of having a Final Cut, and are now focusing and directing our attention towards the sound aspect of editing. This endeavor will bring us into a more specialized sound environment, where the aural aspect of the journey will awaken itself.
And the bridge building never ceases as fate merges the paths of wandering souls. Perhaps it was the ordainment of a higher force that brought Alaina Tom, a member of the St'at'imc nation, to deliver her story through the internet to a complete stranger. Regardless, of all people in the world, it was Javid who recieved this message, which detailed the story of a young woman's struggle to preserve her peoples culture, her peoples land, and the children of her peoples future. Through online communication, we were able to establish a connection based upon our shared understandings, and form a strong enough relationship for Alaina to entrust us as her hosts during her stay in Toronto last weekend, where she would speak against the encrouchment of Canadian Government upon her people as part of the No One is Illegal campaign.
In her peoples attempts to preserve their culture, the St'at'imc nation of so-called British Columbia have called upon help from indigenous cultures from all around the world. The culmination of eight years of planning and development has produced what will be the largest gathering of Indigenous peoples outside of the United Nations ever recorded: the forthcoming International Indigenous Leadership Gathering. The Gathering will revolve around the topic of 'protecting the sacred' and will bring the spokespeople of the land, the indigenous people of the world together for the first time. Upon hearing about this news, we were dumbfounded by the enormity and global import of such a gathering, and without hesitation arranged for the bringing of Masai representation to the event. We, likewise have been invited, and are anxious to hear and share stories, and develop relationships with this incredibly diverse group of protectors.
Until that time, we will be assembling our marketing package, a powerpoint presentation detailing our operation for interested supporters and investors. We will be taking this presentation on the road for a two-week funding mission while simultaneously arranging a number of launch events where we will showcase our film towards larger support networks.
Upward.
Apo Calypso Productions
When the images touched the screen, and the sound was heard, King Street manifested a new dimension. Life-changing questions were posed, and people were inspired by the prominent display of natures resiliency and the indigenous people's ingenuity.
The Psychedelic Safari was a success, in terms both of fundraising and generating awareness and support for Apo Calypso Productions and the indigenous peoples we seek to portray. We hope to recreate a similar event, on a larger scale, sometime in the future when ample time makes itself available to us.
In the meantime, we are in the midst of finalizing the visual component of the journey that will take viewers through nature and its offerings, to a culture that celebrates these offerings everyday. This journey will emphasize, through our raw and organic approach, the blessings of nature with which we have been bestowed, and how miraculously, the Masai of Il Ngwesi have maintained their deep connection to the wildlife and environment. Viewers will be transported into the natural realm whose call has been desperately beckoning us back outside.
As we continue to sculpt the structure of this journey, our countless hours of investment increase in reward, and our faith remains firm. We are now in the final stages of having a Final Cut, and are now focusing and directing our attention towards the sound aspect of editing. This endeavor will bring us into a more specialized sound environment, where the aural aspect of the journey will awaken itself.
And the bridge building never ceases as fate merges the paths of wandering souls. Perhaps it was the ordainment of a higher force that brought Alaina Tom, a member of the St'at'imc nation, to deliver her story through the internet to a complete stranger. Regardless, of all people in the world, it was Javid who recieved this message, which detailed the story of a young woman's struggle to preserve her peoples culture, her peoples land, and the children of her peoples future. Through online communication, we were able to establish a connection based upon our shared understandings, and form a strong enough relationship for Alaina to entrust us as her hosts during her stay in Toronto last weekend, where she would speak against the encrouchment of Canadian Government upon her people as part of the No One is Illegal campaign.
In her peoples attempts to preserve their culture, the St'at'imc nation of so-called British Columbia have called upon help from indigenous cultures from all around the world. The culmination of eight years of planning and development has produced what will be the largest gathering of Indigenous peoples outside of the United Nations ever recorded: the forthcoming International Indigenous Leadership Gathering. The Gathering will revolve around the topic of 'protecting the sacred' and will bring the spokespeople of the land, the indigenous people of the world together for the first time. Upon hearing about this news, we were dumbfounded by the enormity and global import of such a gathering, and without hesitation arranged for the bringing of Masai representation to the event. We, likewise have been invited, and are anxious to hear and share stories, and develop relationships with this incredibly diverse group of protectors.
Until that time, we will be assembling our marketing package, a powerpoint presentation detailing our operation for interested supporters and investors. We will be taking this presentation on the road for a two-week funding mission while simultaneously arranging a number of launch events where we will showcase our film towards larger support networks.
Upward.
Apo Calypso Productions
