The Appropriate Genius: Production Reel
July 9th, 2008
Footage from the feature documentary
World Bank Report Puts Agriculture at Core of Antipoverty Effort
October 21st, 2007Low Tech Savior
October 18th, 2007
Developing nations continue to struggle in the high tech age. Jock Brandis offers low tech solutions to save the world.
Pedal Power Peanut Sheller
October 18th, 2007
Jock builds a pedal power peanut sheller at a peanut farm in the Philippines. Before Jock’s manual nut sheller peanuts were shelled by hand. In developing nations around the world over four billion hours are spent shelling peanuts by hand. Children and elderly villagers do most of this manual labor sometimes causing severe arthritis.
Support This Documentary
September 22nd, 2007Help us share this story by purchasing this original photo book. This is a collection of photographs take by director Rob Hill during production in Africa this summer. All of the proceeds from this book will go towards the completion of this feature documentary.
http://www.lulu.com/content/1215500
Big Need For Small Tech.
September 11th, 2007
Amy Smith, senior lecturer at MIT and MacAuthor Genius Grant recipient talks about the need for appropriate technology.
Big Impact Small Tech.
September 11th, 2007
Amy Smith, senior lecturer at MIT and MacAuthor Genius Grant recipient talks about the need for appropriate technology.
Meeting the Villagers
September 10th, 2007
One of the best parts about Uganda is the people. They’re always friendly and never camera shy.
The Business of Building Shellers in Uganda
September 10th, 2007
Jock has returned to Uganda to set up a production faculty to build the universal nut sheller.
