Storyhunter Staff Picks of the Month: February 2018
February brought us some more great videos to choose from for our monthly Staff Picks. From a short exploration into India’s rapid digitalization to a 360° video on blind baseball players in Cuba, these were our favorite stories last month:
Digital India Is Coming… but When?
Light Reading
Storyhunter Video Journalist: Siddharth S.*
Light Reading needed a shooter to help film their host, Tien Chi Fu, as he traveled to Delhi, India to share insights into the country’s telecom industry, rapid digitalization, and income inequality. Despite the changing telecom landscape damaging the country’s already-competitive job market, the rapid spread of 4G phones is connecting cities, towns, and villages in ways they haven’t experienced before.
This FGM Survivor Tells her Story
Global Citizen
Storyhunter Documentary Shooter: Tristan A.
Global Citizen, a nonprofit committed to creating a better world, needed a filmmaker to shoot this interview with Leyla Hussein, an activist and FGM survivor. In this powerful interview, Leyla describes the day she was cut and why she is fighting to end FGM, what she calls “one of the worst forms of abuse.”
Cuba’s blind baseball team
Contrast VR with Al Jazeera English
Storyhunter 360° Shooter: Reed L.
Al Jazeera’s 360° video vertical, Contrast VR, wanted to film this story on Cuba’s national blind baseball team. They turned to their network to commission Reed L. to shoot the short doc on Yubis Rodriguez. After losing his vision in an accident, Yubis thought there was no way for him to play baseball again. However, after putting in hard work and using the same skills they use to get around in their everyday lives, he and his team have won blind baseball tournaments and dream of going to the Olympics.
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By D. Simone Kovacs, Storyhunter Editor
