Catching the Rain

The final rains of the rainy season fell today in Guadalajara, according to our friends here. We captured the sounds and sights from our apartment. The picture is of Arthur leaning out the window to record the rain, thunder, bird calls, noisy buses and church bells intermingling. In documentaries, it’s always good to have background noise and transition shots, so we began collecting that footage today. It felt great to embark on the documentation process visually and aurally.

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Trickle Down, Groundwater Up

Trickle Down, Groundwater Up is a documentary film project our friends Moriah, Katie and Tarini are launching in New Delhi, India.  To quote their website, the forthcoming film:

explores the challenges of consuming and accessing water in New Delhi, India. These challenges are examples of the social and ecological impacts of globalization [. . .] It also tell the stories of people who are working from the groundwater up to reclaim access to the most vital natural resource, and, in turn, to regenerate their ecosystems and communities.

Check out the work they are doing, and prepare to be impressed and inspired.

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