The Burlington/ Puerto Cabezas
Sister City Program sponsered a community video project in Bilwi, Nicaragua
during the months of February through April 2000. Dan Higgins, Jane Kramer,
and Howard Jaentschke worked with 18 students from the regional university
URACCAN, providing video cameras, editing equipment, and training in the
making of videos concerning life in Nicaragua's northern Autonomous Region.
The students produced over 40 hours of local video,
conducting interviews, promoting the work of local musicians, and documenting
ordinary life on the coast. Jaime Ruiz of PuertoVision promoted the videos
over local cable television, and the students continue to produce weekly
shows examining issues and events important to people living there.
stills from the Bilwi URACCAN Video Project:
February -
April 2000
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see a short video from the Bilwi
video project
For a more thorough report
on the video project
return to
Dan's homepage
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