The Journey Begins – Part V
Click on Kathy’s name below to watch the video over on Facebook! August 7, 2015 Scouting inside a working Joburg prison with Bronwen and the Journey Team. While traveling alone in South Africa at the age of 18, Dan once checked himself into a prison close to Soweto because he didn’t have any place to […]
The Journey Begins – Part IV
Click on Kathy’s name below to watch the video over on Facebook! August 6, 2015 Totally surreal: visiting the house chosen to represent our home in 1990– and having the lovely owner greet me in a camouflage jacket similar to one of Dan’s jackets that I wore to his Celebration of Life on the Ngong […]
The Journey Begins – Part III
Click on Kathy’s name below to watch the video over on Facebook! August 6, 2015 My first recce in downtown Joburg with our Journey crew plotting a crane shot with director Bronwen Hughes on fire in the middle of the swirl. Somehow out of chaos a movie is born. Tonight ‘Dan, ‘Amy, ‘ and five other […]
The Journey Begins – Part II
Click on Kathy’s name below to watch the video over on Facebook! August 4, 2015 The Bag Factory in Joburg houses many artist studios and a dazzling gallery. Loved the vibe of the neighborhood- and the Mexican restaurant where we had lunch. Had a wild visit to SABC (state TV network) which included a desperate […]
The Journey Begins – Part I
Be sure to keep visiting the blog for updates from Kathy – Dan’s mom – who is currently on the ground in South Africa for the film shoot of Journey – the feature film about Dan! Click on Kathy’s name below to watch the video over on Facebook. August 3, 2015 Most of the Journey […]
An Excerpt from “Art of Life”: Northern Kenya
Northern Kenya Oct. 28, 1990 Frontier town By: Dan Eldon Everyone is armed, things are sharp. O.k. I finally have a lot to say, but I don’t want to write the usual self-centered white man traveling in Africa story. I’m sick of films and books set in third-world places about Euros floating around and showing […]
Our World, Their Lens
It’s that day of the year that everyone whips out their old American flag T-shirt to attend the local parade, grill out and play corn hole with the family in the backyard, and end the night looking up at a brilliant display of fireworks. This day to rep our red, white and blue represents so much more […]
Tiyeo’s First News Story
One day while Rachel and I were helping carry cement blocks in Grippis, I started talking with Tiyeo, a senior in high school, about her dream of becoming a journalist. Having majored in Journalism myself, I couldn’t help but offer to bring my camera the next day to film Tiyeo’s very first newscast. It is definitely a […]