Life in Limbo - African Refugee Stories

It's been a long while since I've updated this blog. It's not because nothing has been happening. Actually, quite a bit has been going on. I've just been too busy with other things to blog. However, the main thing eating up my time, the AFI Conservatory, is on break for the next month, so I am using the time to catch up on stuff. Like this blog. So, here is some news..

When we passed around the cut we had of Zambian Forge, we received some pretty specific feedback that we should be looking for TV distribution, and that the slots were limited on TV for feature length projects. So, we started the process of trimming down to conform the show to a TV hour (which comes in at about 52 minutes in this case).

In December, we found an executive producer, named Chris Haws. His resume is extensive, including several years as a Senior VP and Executive Producer for Discovery. He has produced hundreds of hours of programming for Discovery, PBS, and additional networks.

From January to March, Zambian Forge was reshaped. In addition to cutting 30 minutes from the original, we introduced narration. At this point we decided to change the name so that there would be no confusion between the products. So, I now would like to introduce: "Life in Limbo - African Refugee Stories" a 1 hour documentary special.

In April and May, Life in Limbo came back to me for some fine tuning. New lower-thirds were created in Motion, a pass of color correction was done, and preview DVDs were created. We are now actively looking for television distribution for this new cut.

To this end, I am currently in Washington DC attending AFI Silverdocs, a much more appropriate environment for this type of film than our trip to Cannes a year ago.

I look forward to sharing Life in Limbo - African Refugee Stories with all of you.

David