The Issues
GO DEEPER | Not About Me explores many international development and social justice issues with perspectives from global experts, personal stories and audiences. The filmmakers have produced short films and extended interviews to further understand the issues.
This is an extended interview with Nigel Fischer who shares insights from his experience as an International Crisis Consultant and Head of UN Operations in Haiti 2010-2013.
International Aid &
Human Rights
INSIGHTS FROM INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE | The world’s response to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti was unprecedented in scope, but also largely uncoordinated, creating its own devastating impacts. Nigel Fischer was there, leading the United Nations relief efforts. His insights present an opportunity to reconsider and redefine how we help and give.
These are extended interviews with Alexander Christopoulos and Chloe Setter who have worked with the Lumos Foundation to change orphanage policies around the world.
Changing Orphanage Policy
#HELPINGNOTHELPING | The Lumos Foundation is global leader in research about orphanages and policy initiatives that reunite children with families. Here, in these extended interviews, they talk about the business of orphanages, child exploitation and trafficking, “voluntourism”, sustainable alternatives and the foundation’s #HelpingNotHelping campaign to end orphanage tourism and volunteering.
This is a short film with Morgan and social justice students in Whitehorse, Canada.
Social Justice
LEARNING TO DO BETTER | Traveling abroad and volunteering in developing countries is an ambition — even a rite of passage — for many high school students. Motivated to help others and gain personal experience, these youth are wide-eyed with good intentions. This ten-minute short visits a social justice club in Whitehorse, where students rethink the impact of perceptions and actions.