Thursday, May 13, 2010

Sex+Money Prep at the Perry Farm



To see the whole crew again has been incredible! Lots of hugs, some intense times of worship, incredible reminicing and plenty of production prep has consumed our time at the Perry farm. Yet, despite all the work to be done, we have not neglected getting out into the beautiful Virginia countryside to stop, and listen.


Nearly everyone is back again for this round round of pick-up shoots and this time at the Farm has been a much needed respite for those of us coming from hectic lives and realigning with the goals of the project to end slavery in the US. Once all the prep was done, we headed to Washington DC to film an interview of a flight attendant who uses her position in the airport to help fight sex trafficking. Today we are back in DC to interview Lou De Baca, President Obama's ambassador dealing with human trafficking. We have twenty minutes for the interview but this is a man that will will provide some incredible insight on the issue.

For more information about the project and to watch  the latest webisodes, check out the website www.sexandmoneyfilm.com. I will try and update you each city we travel to, but if you would like the short and frequent updates, follow me on Twitter (@josiahthiesen) or the Sex+Money crew (@sex_money). The links to the left underneath my pictures link to this blog, RSS, and my Twitter.

Peace.

Heading out on the train

In Case you missed what I posted on my blog May 5th, here it is:

Sitting on the train and enjoying plenty of leg room, the view, the overly nice conductor, dinning car and restrooms down bellow, I think to myself, why do I ever drive?

My brother Josh and I at the train station. Yes, I only have two small bags, including camera gear, for 6 weeks of travel. That's enough clothes for 10 day (a few shirts, two pairs of underwear and 5 socks)

So begins my trip to meet up with the rest of the SEX+MONEY crew in LA, then on to Virginia. The next 6 weeks will be packed with pick-up shoot (extra stuff we need to film for the documentary) and plenty of good times back with my newly forged family.

Oh, now loading onto the Grey hound bus... this should be exciting.

And so continues my little adventure in the California mass transit system.

Josiah

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Heading out on the train

Sitting on the train and enjoying plenty of leg room, the view, the overly nice conductor, dinning car and restrooms down bellow, I think to myself, why do I ever drive?

My brother Josh and I at the train station. Yes, I only have two small bags, including camera gear, for 6 weeks of travel. That's enough clothes for 10 day (a few shirts, two pairs of underwear and 5 socks)

So begins my trip to meet up with the rest of the SEX+MONEY crew in LA, then on to Virginia. The next 6 weeks will be packed with pick-up shoot (extra stuff we need to film for the documentary) and plenty of good times back with my newly forged family.

Oh, now loading onto the Grey hound bus... this should be exciting.

And so continues my little adventure in the California mass transit system.

Josiah