Dutch filmmaker waives international film award to Kibera

The European / Dutch filmmaker Marijn Poels has won an international film award on the Picture this... International film festival Calgary with his documentary "The Voice of 650 Million Times One". Therefore he filmed extensively in the Kiberaslum and surroundings and interviewed a number of people living with a disability. A speech of Poels where he's proclaiming his determination of bringing the award back to the Kiberaslum where he will integrate the award in a solid monument in the middle of the slum. A symbol for the power of persons with a disability who dear to stand up and speak in the name of human rights...

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Marijn Poels
• Film award
• Disability
• The Voice of 650 million
• Human rights
• Dodie Spittal Award
• Picture this filmfestival
• Calgary
• Canada
• European filmmaker
• Independent
• VSO
• Nederland
• Alberta
• Gala Award
• Kibera slum
• Kenya

[shammahb]

Poels, this is profound! You are, without a doubt, Inspirational. Thank you for the timely revelation which is going far towards awareness creation to the public about HIV/AIDS and people living with disabilities.

Thumbs up!!!

Robert Namasake Sabwami, Nairobi, Kenya.