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BE THE CHEESE.

KICKSTARTER FUNDRAISER – WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG TO FIND CAMEL CHEESE?

How far we can we go? Click the camel to check out our fundraiser and trailer for our newest project. For a small donation in the form of a bank card pledge a “backer” can receive rewards from the project – from postcards to paintings to photos and even hand-delivered cheese! It’s a simple login and wonderful website. If we reach our fund raising goal within the days remaining then our project will be funded! Our search for unsung cheese and the nomadic people behind the milk can not continue without you and your network. Spread the word of the camel curd. For questions or comments email us – info@whattookyousolong.org

August – October 2010

This is our route for Stage One of our Be the Cheese project.

Month of July, 2010 “Let’s Chew Again” in Papua New Guinea

Sebastian Lindstrom, Alicia Sully, Sofie Rordam, and Anders Jepsen just returned from Papua New Guinea Expedition 2. The team screened “Betelnut Bliss,” the 20 minute short from PNG Expedition 1 to more than 7 villages!

Fruitful discussions from the local audience led to super new footage to make the Betelnut video bigger and better. The team also shot more to feature 4 “unsung heroes,” 17 year old Jordan in Oro Province, Thomas from Burma in Goroka, Barry of BRG in Madang, and Robert & Eli of Lae and Chimbu Province village. Plus – Sofie & Anders stayed in the Chimbu village for 2 weeks to shoot a short about the local VIDEO HOUSE for showing in Danish schools.

June 23-2010

Philippa Young is mobilizing Marvellous Film International crew in Tamale. Hours of hours of audio recording and now finally we have a narration that might work. What Took You So Long Africa 1 + 1 = 11 is almost finished; stay put.

May 29-2010

In Somaliland we researched the potential of Camel’s milk for an upcoming documentary and sustainable agriculture project.

We hosted a test screening of our Africa documentary “1+1=11,” currently at a running length of 72 minutes. Our onlookers were mostly Somalis who had lived in the U.S. and work in educational development. They had some helpful suggestions and overall gave us good reviews, especially about the music and diversity of characters.

May 19-2010

We made a Current TV channel!

April 09-2010

A small sampler of the movie we are currently working on from our last expedition to Papua New Guinea. Our focus is betel nut! Defining our journey and the country – the nut has a tremendous impact on all aspects of life in PNG, culturally as well as socially and economically.

Feel the power of the nut – Chew away!!