Day one of brainstorming ideas of what we want our final project to be didn't go too bad. Of course, spending four hours to come to a simple agreement was quite long but it feels good to know that we have something to get started on. We came to conclude that a 2-5min video would be good to show that Roma can be successful and/or that Roma as humans just like non-Roma and that there shouldn't be a difference on the way they are treated. Kevin offered up the idea of interviewing some Roma people and non-Roma that would be willing to talk to us about their stories and their hopes for the future. In order for people to not make an assumption about them right away, we decided that we would show the interviewer during the interview then at the end show the interviewee. This would allow the viewer to hear what they have to say (whether Roma or not) without making judgements at seeing the color of the skin.
I think this is a cool idea but I wonder how much of an impact it is really going to make to viewers. I kind of wish we would do a "meet a Roma" short documentary that would help non-Roma "meet" a Roma person in a comfortable atmosphere that they are willing to hear without being concerned that they might steal something. Perhaps a video like this will allow for a more intimate conversation that will help non-Roma understand a bit of what is like being a Roma. In order to make it a true conversation, contact information could be shared on ways of contacting the Roma on the documentary and begin to build a "penpal-type" of relationship. I hope tomorrow we can work out more details of the video and a plan of action, until then, I will pounder on methods to get our "social inclusion" point across to non-Roma here in Czech Republic.
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