The Appropriate Genius

Award-Winning Filmmaker Releases Short Documentary For Cinema Prospérité Competition.

Rob Hill — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:03:41 +0000

Award-Winning Filmmaker Releases Short Documentary For Cinema Prospérité Competition

The Full Belly Project – SHORT DOC

Rob Hill — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:52:50 +0000

The Appropriate Genius: Production Reel

Rob Hill — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:23:28 +0000

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Footage from the feature documentary

World Bank Report Puts Agriculture at Core of Antipoverty Effort

Rob Hill — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:35:07 +0000

A new World Bank report crystallizes an emerging view that foreign aid for agriculture is crucial to development.

Low Tech Savior

Rob Hill — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:20:31 +0000

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Developing nations continue to struggle in the high tech age. Jock Brandis offers low tech solutions to save the world.

Pedal Power Peanut Sheller

Rob Hill — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:20:29 +0000

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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

Rob Hill — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:11:38 +0000

Help 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.

Rob Hill — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:36:48 +0000

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Amy Smith, senior lecturer at MIT and MacAuthor Genius Grant recipient talks about the need for appropriate technology.

Big Impact Small Tech.

Rob Hill — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:36:46 +0000

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Amy Smith, senior lecturer at MIT and MacAuthor Genius Grant recipient talks about the need for appropriate technology.

Meeting the Villagers

Rob Hill — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:37:44 +0000

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One of the best parts about Uganda is the people. They’re always friendly and never camera shy.