First of all, apologies for the lack of blog entires these past few weeks: I’ve got so much on my plate at the moment, and blogging sadly just doesn’t seem to make it to the top of the list very often!
Nonetheless, there has been a lot of positive talk about AEFF on the net recently, which goes to show that more and more people are hearing about our educational film work and are interested in becoming involved with and supporting AEFF’s mission. Here are a few tasters of what is being said:
The Mara Conservancy has been reporting on screenings of AEFF’s film, Natural Security in the Dupoto Forest, where elders from the community who saw the film requested for it to be replayed so that they could round up all the children and other community members to watch it, a clear indication of the importance they attached to the messages conveyed in the film. You can read more about it and see photos of the outdoor film showing here:
You can watch a video of AEFF’s Simon Trevor filming scenes of a dead lion in a poachers’ camp and interviewing the rangers who caught the perpetrators in the Mara here:
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I have also been busy with interview requests these past few weeks. Here I am on Babelgum TV, discussing the importance of film as an educational tool for conservation:
READ TANYA’S FULL INTERVIEW HERE
Safaritalk is a vibrant online forum for lovers of Africa and her wildlife. I recently conducted an interactive interview with members of this forum, resulting in a wide-ranging discussion covering a wide spectrum of African conservation and travel issues. Read the full interview here:
CLICK HERE TO SEE TANYA’S FULL SAFARITALK INTERVIEW
More publicity for AEFF was gained from my interview with ExpatWomen, which you can read here:
READ TANYA’S FULL INTERVIEW WITH EXPAT WOMEN HERE
Thanks to Matt Wilkinson, founder of Safaritalk, who kindly put in the time to create our profile, AEFF is now on Facebook – please come and join our network:
Good press for the AEFF Tanya! Is your Dad finished up filming in the Mara? I’ll be there in a little over a week – staying near Dr. Asuka and would love to meet him if he’s still there.
Thanks Dana – and nice to see you again after my long absence from blogging!
My Dad left the Mara the day before yesterday, after spending 3 months filming there, so sadly you will miss him. He will be back there for a couple of weeks in October to do some follow-up sequences, but I guess by then it will be too late for you.
I hope you have a wonderful, wonderful time in the Mara and look forward to hearing about it.
Thanks for your support -
Take care,
Tanya
Thank you Tanya! Your a great woman for what you do!
Back in October? Brilliant!
We can’t wait to have him here again.
Hi Tanya – Mara Conservancy blog said that some of your films are now available on Amazon.
I was finally able to find them on the USA site when i put
African Environmental Film Foundation in the search box. Just a heads up for people that might be interested.
I will post this information on the Conservancy website also.
Hi Dana,
I have finally managed to get back on the WildlifeDirect site – with the slow internet connection in our office “in the bush”, I have found it impossible to log on and update our blog…but yes, we now have five films available for sale online via Amazon, and this number is growing all the time as we add new titles. You can see all the available films here:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw_0_34?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=african+environmental+film+foundation&sprefix=african+environmental+film+foundat
Or read a bit more about each one on our website here: http://africanenvironmentalfilms.squarespace.com/aeff-dvds
Many thanks for highlighting this new development!
Take care,
Tanya