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WORLDbytes was chosen as a medallist in the UK IT Industry Awards 2011 for the Community Project of the Year.
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On the channel
The latest WORLDbytes line up includes: a feisty report on mums who want to be trusted; an eye opener on Fairtrade and why we're not buying it; not to be missed debates on Africa's real story; consciousness; individualism; the Eurozone and to top it all from the Missionary Hut, a real wind up.
Check out the line up here. Do feel free to download, embed, share, copy and pass on these programmes.
Diary Dates
WORLDbytes 'What is biomedical science?' film crew meeting: Monday 9th January, 7.30pm... more
Shoot day for 'Chill out' series: Tuesday 10th January all day at the WORLDwrite centre... more
Volunteer introductory evening: Wednesday, 11th January, 7.30pm at WORLDwrite... more
Shooting popular Tales from the Missionary Hut programmes: Friday 13th January, all day at the WORLDwrite centre... more
Digital marketing and Admin days at the WORLDwrite Centre: Wednesday 18th & Friday 20th January, 11am onwards... more
CLR James Crew Meeting: 7.30pm Tuesday 10th January at the WORLDwrite centre... more
Train & Shoot for a Views On The Streets on the EU: Thursday 26th & Saturday 28th January... more
Digital marketing and promo week: Monday 30th January, Tuesday 31st January, Wednesday 1st to Friday 3rd February, 11am at the WORLDwrite centre... more
WORLDwrite DVDs
Watch these: WORLDwrite's documentaries are raising much needed debate. Watch the trailers, read more and get the DVDs.
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The View On The Streets: ethical shopping & fair trade
We’re told shopping ethically helps millions living in poverty. But does it? In this revealing report, we ask the public if they buy into fair trade and the response is a mixed bag. Plenty of people who know the score see it as far from fair. Click here to watch on WORLDbytes.
Make Citizen TV: WORLDwrite provides free "on the job" film training for volunteers who get involved with our Citizen TV channel. Apply online here.
Trust us, we're parents
Parents today are scrutinised, advised, and judged as failing if they don't conform to the latest childcare fads. Our reporters visited Jennie Bristow, author of Standing Up To Supernanny and some feisty mums who question prevailing distrust. Click here to watch on WORLDbytes.
Don't Shout at the Telly: Pain & Animal Experimentation
This challenging on the sofa discussion is the first in a new series on bio-medical science, supported by the Wellcome Trust. Dr Stuart Derbyshire, experiments on volunteers to help us understand that animals cannot experience pain, as pain is not merely a response to physical stimuli. Discussants consider whether animal's capacity to feel pain even matters if experiments help mankind. Click here to watch.
Welcome to Dharavi, where residents want the area to surpass London as a great city. Unlike the poverty tourism and accolades awarded to communitarian slum living by the likes of Prince Charles, local residents think big. Sadhvi Sharma introduces us to aspirant families for whom Dharavi is a place of transition. The least we can do, she argues, is support their aspirations. Click here to watch.
Fair Trade leaves a "Bitter Aftertaste"
WORLDwrite have re-launched this critical short film on fair trade. Shot in Ghana and the UK in 2004, its message remains vital. Watch it above and click on the viddler link to download, share or embed. The film is also available on DVD from the WORLDwrite Shop.
Is this Africa's decade?
A far cry from the aid, fair trade and patronising paternalism that still informs NGOs, the new decade is looking bright for Africa. Filmed at the Battle of Ideas, the panellists in this must watch debate tell us the lion is joining the tiger and the elephant. Click here to watch on WORLDbytes.
Sylvia Pankhurst: Everything is Possible Trailer
WORLDwrite's feature length documentary on the suffragette and revolutionary Sylvia Pankhurst is packed with little-known facts, rare archive imagery, expert interviews and exclusive testimony from Sylvia's son, Richard Pankhurst and his wife Rita. The film is now available to buy on DVD and the film's website can be accessed here.
We need your help
The recession is taking its toll and we urgently need your help to: keep our Citizen TV channel afloat; repair film equipment; promote our film on forgotten heroine Sylvia Pankhurst and support partners in Ghana. Please make this possible by supporting our Xmas appeal, its easy to do online via our special JustGiving page here.
Corruptababble
Our obsession with corruption in Africa remains endemic and two young South Africans are sick of the finger pointing. Watch the trailer and read the buzz on the Corruptababble website. Buy the DVD here.
WORLDbytes wins the Nominet Highly Commended award
Since launching WORLDbytes our Citizen TV channel we have produced over 300 reports that challenge the status quo and bring new ideas to the fore. Over 700 young volunteers have been involved in producing challenging programmes on a huge range of issues. We would like to say well done to everyone involved. Watch the latest programmes on our Citizen TV channel here.
WORLDbytes was selected as a Community Voices finalist for the Technology 4 Good awards.
