During the recent Africa Day in The Hague, Holland, BrandOutLoud* director Judith Madigan took part in the second Oude meesters, jonge honden [old icons and generation 2.0] debate on emergency aid in Africa. She spoke about the image of aid provision to the continent and asked whether aid organisations can still ‘sell’ Africa? And she […]
Movies That Matter
March 22, 2011 By 1 Comment
If you can’t make it to Stockholm next week, visiting The Hague might be a good alternative. The Movies That Matter Festival has also planned some promising premieres (and I’m relying more on the trailers than on the film festival’s site descriptions). Three films I hope to see there are. First up, Surprising Europe, a […]
The Model and The Activist
May 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
We’ve all heard the one about the model and the dictator. The setting is South Africa, 1997. President Nelson Mandela is hosting several prominent figures as guests in his home. Quincy Jones is there (the man gets around—literally). Supermodel—back when that meant something—Naomi Campbell is there. As is Charles Taylor, President of Liberia. (We may […]
Shell Apologizes to Nigeria
April 7, 2010 By 2 Comments
