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Global Appeal for Footage Captured on Dec. 12, 2012
The Last Film in “Time Capsule” ONE DAY ON EARTH Trilogy
Largest Collaborative Film Event to Focus on Theme:
“What Do You Have? What Do You Need”?
NYC/LA, 27 NOV 2012 - The world's largest annual media collaboration event, which brings
together filmmakers, over 100 nonprofits, and the United Nations, is confirmed for December
12, 2012 (12/12/12). One Day on Earth, a grassroots online community of filmmakers, aid
workers, educators, and everyday inspired media creators has held worldwide filming events
on both 10/10/10 and 11/11/11, making this December 12th the end of a trilogy of films.
The global collaborations result in a feature length documentary and a shared archive of
diverse media, detailing both the joys and struggles of everyday life. The past two events
yielded a combined 7,000 hours of footage in over 90 languages and created a growing
online community that now has 30,000 members. The worldwide community has also been
activated to distribute the final film, including the production of screening events in over
160 countries, breaking a world record for movie premieres.
To ensure participation from every country in the world, One Day on Earth has distributed
over 1,000 cameras to more than 153 countries and has worked closely with many United
Nations Programmes and Agencies.
Diving deeper into specific thematic suggestions this year, the event organizers have asked
two simple questions: What do you have? What do you need?
"We hope the answers to these two simple questions will inform on the progress of the
Millennium Development Goals while shedding light on diverse topics that are important for
future development conversations," said Brandon Litman, Co-founder and Executive
Producer of One Day on Earth. "The questions are also powerful from a storytelling perspective,
which we will be excited to share in the final film and archive."
VIEW THE TRAILER for 12/12/12 here:
http://www.onedayonearth.org/121212trailer
The first One Day on Earth film was initially shared via a record-breaking worldwide
screening event last April, in partnership with United Nations Development Programme and
UN Information Centers. The first film is available via the project's website:
www.OneDayOnEarth.org.
About One Day on Earth
One Day on Earth began in September 2008 as a new media project to create a unique
video time capsule, a global online community and a feature-length film—all from
participant footage captured during the 24-hour period of October 10, 2010 (10.10.10). The
project has since grown into an annual media event. One Day on Earth works closely with
Vimeo, the popular video platform, dozens of non-profits and NGOs to document important
social issues. The full press kit, including the trailer and additional material can be viewed
and downloaded here:
http://www.OneDayOnEarth.org/pressroom