Title

On the Orange Dusty Streets
Produced
Helene Thomas

Presented

TCF, Australia, 2012
Collection
ShortDocs
Tags
Africa, Community, Music, Work
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Story

Meet Juma, a Rwandan street boy, whose dream is to become a singer, and Bosco who spends his days fixing broken plastic buckets, casserole pots, shoes, radios and umbrellas to earn a living for his family.

On the Orange Dusty Streets was produced by Helene Thomas for the 2012 ShortDocs Challenge.

Producer

Helene Thomas is a freelance radio documentary producer based in Hobart, Tasmania. She began her career as a print journalist. Currently completing a PhD in Media Communication & Culture her research interests include storytelling methodologies, the aesthetics of radio documentary, media democracy and media empowerment. She believes it is through storytelling and creating shared experiences that we come to understand one another.

Extra

Hear more submissions from the 2012 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge, a collaboration with EveryBlock.

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