Lights, Camera, Pangea Day!

What do Will.i.am, Cameron Diaz, Kigali, Rwanda, Dharamsala, India,  Meg Ryan and New York City have in common? These are just a sample of the people and places involved in one of the most interesting and ambitious ideas in film today.  That idea is Pangea Day.  An idea conceptualized by visionary documentary filmmaker Jehane Noujaim.  

Jehane Noujaim, an Egyptian-American director of the groundbreaking film Control Room (highly recommend seeing) and 2006 TED prizewinner, devised this revolutionary idea that converges film, videoconferencing, you, the Internet, mobile phones and television in a way never before seen.  Pangea Day will look to explore the individual stories, ideas and experiences of various individuals, cultural ideas, and experiences that shed light on the fact of regardless of what part of the world we live in, we are just as similar to each other as we are different.  

Some of the sample films (which are very cool) explore the ideas of the clash of civilizations, a roller blader and an old woman, a little rapper in Bogotá Colombia, and post Katrina life in New Orleans.  Very interesting film shorts!

Take a few minutes and treat yourself to some thought provoking concepts, some incredible talent and a very cool idea!