Dreams of Change - Full Documentary

The short documentary 'Dreams of Change' was a graduation project at the NHL University in Holland. We had a very short time to create it and for this reason there was very little research and pre-production time in Holland and basically none in Namibia, which lead to the fact that almost everything you see had to be shot right away. While filming and talking to many people, slowly a story we wanted to tell began to evolve. But the story wasn't fully there until we got into Post-Production.

SYNOPSIS
This documentary was made on the occasion of fifteen years of friendship between the Dutch municipality of Smallingerland and the Namibian municipality of Gobabis; a friendship which has served to jointly improve social and economic development, particularly for the inhabitants of the slums of Gobabis.

BACKGROUND
While making Dreams of Change, the filmmakers Jaap Ruurd Feitsma and Jelmer de Jong sketch the process of trial and error, of failures and successes. The documentary was used as a prelude, to start a discussion between many social parties during an international meeting on development cooperation. The film led to very various reactions.

The documentary was not made as a 'feel-good story', but rather to show the struggle between good intentions and disappointing results.

A (graduation) film by Jelmer de Jong and Jaap Ruurd Feitsma

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Documentary
• Film
• Dromen van verandering
• Dreams of Change
• Africa
• Namibia
• Gobabis
• Development Aid
• Slums
• Epako
• Netherlands
• Drachten
• Municipality
• Friendship
• Twinning
• Elephants
• Game
• Filmmaking
• Directing
• Cinematography
• Jaap Ruurd Feitsma
• Short
• Short Film