Fishing for Humanity

Hey Guys,

I'm proud to announce the completion of my solo project, a documentary on the Sri Lankan NGO Simple Wisdom that i have been working for since 2005. It is a small organization that looks to undertake community and individual projects to alleviate poverty. After the 2004 Tsunami our work range expanded and the current humanitarian crisis in the war torn East has compelled us to carry on.

In fact this film was shot with the knowledge that it was the last trip we'd make as we visited projects along the Southern and Eastern Coast while venturing through central Sri Lanka to meet the indigenous people and then onwards the poorer regions of the North Central province.

The trip and the film itself is personal and aims to give insights into not only the work of Simple Wisdom but into the working of small NGOs and the plight of the less fortunate in many areas. There are a lot of universal themes that are explored...particularly through interviews with the founder of the organization, colleagues..victims and myself. Filming was difficult in some areas due to the strict security rules, particularly in the East where even cellular signals are blocked...thus I feel I was lucky to have gotten the footage that i did manage to get.


Of course it's impossible to upload the entire film. I'd be glad to arrange to send anyone a copy if they are really interested. For now all i can offer is a link to a small trailer.

Cheers
Shanil