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White Man’s Burden: The Movie!

Mike Barber — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:28:57 +0000

My first article for Race-Talk.org is finally up. Not only that, but it has also been cross-posted in The Huffington Post! Much thanks again to Jamaal Ra’Shon Bell from the Kirwan Institute/Race-Talk.org for giving me this opportunity! More to come, count on it.

An Honour and a Privilege

Mike Barber — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:00:31 +0000

I have to admit, back a few years ago when Twitter first hit the scene I was skeptical. My first impression was the same as that of many others: that it was just another silly outlet for vanity, another tool for self absorbed attention-addicts to get their fix. The idea of having to read through what people just ate or from where they were Tweeting (e.g. the toilet) was just too… stupid. I’ll just say it: stupid.

However about a year ago I got hip to a few trending topics for people working in the film and television post-production world: #editingandpost and #postproduction. These quickly proved to be useful tools in relation to my day gig as an editor at a visual effects company. As I started to enter into initial production (the phase I am calling my gathering of interview material) I decided to not only set up this site/blog, but also use Twitter as a means to spread awareness. Through this I started to engage other people on Twitter who post on social justice issues, especially those pertaining to #racism.

It was through this medium that I met Jamaal Ra’Shon Bell from the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University. He invited me to be a guest contributor for Race-Talk.org, a new online magazine/blog which aims to “revolutionize thought, communication and activism related to race and equality.” It is very new, having officially launched just this past week, but already has a swath of great articles that I encourage you to go read… NOW!

I am honoured and feel privileged to be offered an opportunity to contribute to such a project.

We are Experiencing Technical, uh… Funkiness

admin — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:01:24 +0000

Engineering FAIL

The latest upgrade to the blog’s code is producing some unexpected issues with the layout. You may notice that font sizes are a bit inconsistent, depending on how you resize your browser window. Our crack time of HTML/CSS/PCP experts are on the case and should have the issue resolved soon… or not.

Welcome to the blog!

Mike Barber — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:38:30 +0000

Welcome to the blog. This is the first post in what I expect to be many chronicling the production of this documentary.

It is still early in the production stage; I have begun shooting but, because the funding for this film is currently limited to my own wallet, it is moving forward at the rate that my financial situation will allow. Needless to say, I hope this situation will change sooner rather than later, but regardless of that I am very optimistic about the project.

Over the next couple of days (or weeks) I will be experimenting with the website. I’m new to using WordPress (or blog web apps in general), so please be patient with any, shall we say, inconsistency in your user experience. I promise to make the ride as painless as I possibly can.