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Our Motto: Be Prepared

PAMELA BOWMAN MESA, ARIZONA USA – We are as ready as we are going to get. The script is done, the storyboards are done, the day of days is done. The equipment is packed. The supplies are ordered. The shots are injected. The tickets are in hand. The actors are preparing for their parts. The …

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Hurry Up and Get There

BY PAMELA BOWMAN, MESA, ARIZONA, USA — Ten days and counting. We will be leaving on the 8th in the evening. That gives us all day to run around and wait. ARGH! Last minute details. Getting my girls all ready for school. Do they have new shoes, notebooks, pens and lip gloss? Check. Money for …

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ALWAYS

BY PAMELA BOWMAN, MESA, USA – During one of our training sessions we were told the pros and cons of this project. It is easier and more fun to focus on the pros. The cons were like, “you could die over there! You really could!” Cyndi wanted to make it perfectly clear. “If you have …

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A DAILY CONVERSATION

BY PAMELA BOWMAN MESA AZ USA “You are going where?” “Africa.” I say it casually as if going to Africa is a normal occurrence for any 48 year-old wife and mother of four. “Are you nervous?” “Nervous? Why would I be nervous?” I am going to Africa to shoot a documentary and help with the …

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Represent

PAMELA BOWMAN, MESA, ARIZONA, USA – In many ways , I imagine, this project is like any film project. You have a script, you have actors, you have sets and costumes and you have a crew. In more ways this project is not like any other film project. The aim of art is not to …

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From Mother to Daughter

PAMELA BOWMAN MESA ARIZONA USA – One sunny noonday while traveling with my daughters to a lunch date, I ran into some road construction. Sitting at a light, I honked my horn gently at the car in front of me to let them know that we had the green arrow to turn. The passenger took …

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Advancing Confidently

PAMELA BOWMAN MESA ARIZONA USA — Last night we had another training session in preparation for the feature film shoot. Cyndi was multi-tasking again. She had us set up for an interview. We talked with former student Jordan Pack. Jordan was an animation student who was back for the summer. For the documentary, she wanted …

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It Is Simple

BY PAMELA BOWMAN, MESA, ARIZONA, USA – This last week-end the MCC film crew had the opportunity to participate in some Zambian culture. As a result of Jabbes’ sons death, the Zambian community got together to show emotional support to our friend Jabbes. We visited together, We broke bread together. We prayed together. We offered …

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Diet Pepsi anyone?

BY PAMELA BOWMAN, MESA ARIZONA USA – Who is Cyndi Greening and when did she lose her mind? At first, she teaches her classes with what can be described as the mother of Sammy the Squirrel in overdrive. (Over the Hedge!) She goes through computer programs with speed and agility and somehow it works because …

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Determined Souls

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. — T.S. Eliot BY PAMELA BOWMAN, MESA, ARIZONA, USA -I can only speak for myself. I never thought I could go this far, but I was willing to risk going too far! The time is getting shorter and …

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