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The Perspective of a Visual Storytelling Fellow

By: Brittany Wait, Accountability Lab Visual Storytelling Fellow in Nepal I’m a master’s student in photography and film at Syracuse University. Thanks to a partnership through my college and the Accountability Lab based out of Washington, D.C., I spent the summer in Nepal on a visual storytelling fellowship. Thanks to my mentor Ken Harper, with the Center for Global Engagement at SU, I was selected to join the team. While there, I worked independently on projects, setting my own deadlines with the mission to add value to their efforts. Not only did I feel I was a value to the [...]

2016-11-03T00:00:00+00:003rd November 2016|

Liberia Film Institute graduates 7th class of aspiring film-makers

By: Robin Dopoe Jr. This article was originally published by the Daily Observer.   Following months of intense training, the Liberia Film Institute in collaboration with Accountability Lab has graduated three students from it Seven Cycle Class. The three students were trained in technical film making skills with emphasis on issues like democracy, citizenship, and the importance of voting. During the graduation ceremony, the students screened movies on issues that deal with voters moving from one location to another to register for money; and the importance of excising their democracy right through voting. Though all the four student made films are [...]

2016-09-22T00:00:00+00:0022nd September 2016|

Can filmmaking help achieve development goals?

Blair Glencorse of the Accountability Lab discusses the importance of community-driven development and how filmmaking can engage people in accountability goals. Many organizations and development professionals have found that reaching initial benchmarks is sometimes easier than sustaining them. However, with clear goals, development progress can be sustained in the long-run. According to Blair Glencorse of the Accountability Lab, setting goals that are context-specific is critical. The Accountability Lab, he says, meets “people where they are, not where we want them to be,” and takes into consideration the varying levels of literacy, numeracy, and other practical skills of their clients when designing a program. [...]

2015-04-15T00:00:00+00:0015th April 2015|
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