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If you could have just one wish and one wish only, what would it be? Better yet, what if you knew that a thousand of the world's most innovative thinkers just might back you up if your wish inspired them the way it inspires you? What would you wish then?
Jehane Noujaim recently won the TED Prize which entitles the winner to exactly that: one wish and a serious show of support from the TED community at-large. Her wish? World peace. Before you mistake the lovely Jehane for a beauty contestant, think again. This young photographer and filmmaker is dead serious, and she thinks the first step to achieving world peace is for each one of us to cross the manufactured lines of culture and country. As a filmmaker, she's convinced that there's nothing like a story on film to help you begin to see the stranger or a perceived enemy from a completely new perspective--and that that kind of experience is exactly what it takes to help us begin to dissolve our notions about the differences that we assume must keep us apart. You can watch the TED talk with Noujaim here.
With the help of the TED community, Noujaim is inviting amateur and professional filmmakers alike to submit five minute videos for Pangea Cinema Day. The selected films will be broadcast around the world in public venues on May 10, 2008. The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2007. I can't help but wonder what kinds of amazing films might come out of the Blogher community with a little collaboration here and there. What story in film would Global Voices tell? Or what about Bloghers Act? Could film be part of our mission to make a difference for maternal health and wellness across the world? What kinds of images of children and families from some of our finest photographers across the web might make a difference in a global way? If you're not hooked yet, hit play on this video--I was completely inspired.
