Where I grew up (Cameroon), the African print fabric is commonly called “wrapper” or “afritude”. The name wrapper as I gather comes from the fact that this fabric was mostly used by our mothers to cover their loins as well as to wrap their babies on their backs while working.
With many educators pushing for students to use resources on the Internet with class work, the federal government is now grappling with a stark disparity in access to technology, between students who have high-speed Internet at home and an estimated five million families who are without it and who are struggling to keep up.
In this day and age, anyone can make a short film. But, if making a short film is something you really want to do, putting time in now will make all the difference later. The story is at the heart of this competition. If you have an idea of a story you’d like to tell, then you have all the credentials needed to become our competition winner.
