Multimedia Round-up: Reign of Sand, A Journey Through Time, The Women of Evangel, The Crossing, and Vanishing Wetlands

All of these projects are fully worthy of their own posts, but in the interest of time, a week’s worth of pieces worth watching:


A look at how the traditional nomadic culture of Inner Mongolia is changing as the grasslands turn to sand. Caused by many of the same environmental and policy-based conditions as the American Dust Bowl in the 1930’s, this transition is having major effects on the people and land in Northern China.

 
by Frans Lanting
“The Life Project is a lyrical interpretation of life on Earth from its earliest beginnings to its present diversity.
It includes a large-format book, a multimedia orchestral performance, a traveling photographic exhibition, and a dedicated educational website, “

by Tim Broekema
A documentary on the in Nigeria, where some of the thousands of women who suffer vesicovaginal fistuals go to “find physical healing, practical training, friendship and hope for a second chance in life.”

by the Rocky Mountain News
“On the morning of Dec. 14, 1961, a speeding passenger train cut through a school bus in the farm country outside Greeley, killing 20 children. It was the worst traffic accident in Colorado history.

Today, the oldest of the 16 children who survived is 61 and preparing for retirement. Reporter Kevin Vaughan and photographer Chris Schneider have traveled the country to pull together the story of how a few seconds that changed everything still reverberate through the lives of the survivors and the families of those who died.”

is a 33-part series exploring the long-term consequences and reverberations of that day in 1961.

by the St. Petersburg Times
You might have seen this when it came out in 2006, but if not, it’s worth going back and watching. An in-depth four part look at the in Florida, and the problems encountered while trying to save them.