The ARIZONA REPUBLIC article on the Zambian film projects was published in the Mesa edition on Friday. We've been told it's going to run in the Sunday edition (in the Valley and State edition). Reporter Josh Kelley did a really nice story that is being well received in Arizona and Zambia.

On Sunday, Frackson's sister is returning home to Zambia. She agreed to take some things back for us. She's taking the Colin Boyd interview on THE BIG PICTURE to ZNBC so they can share our efforts with citizens in the Lusaka viewing area. She also took a big stack of our printed Press Kits to distribute in Lusaka. We topped off the box with several copies of the ARIZONA REPUBLIC that will be given to the Ministers and other government officials.

Jabbes and I have been polishing up the script so it can be sent to the Zambian actors and given to the crew this week. On Saturday, we're going to have another crew work day. We're going to have Zambians standing in for the actors so the crew can light dark fleshtones. We're exactly one month away. I'm getting anxious to go now. I've even started thinking about future projects.

Since I started on this project, a lot people around me have been learning quite a bit about Zambia. Some of it is through my research but some of self-motivated. My friend, Margaret, has been reading Zambian folk tales. She was telling me about THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH. It's about a new mother who goes into the field with her infant son. The child is visited and comforted by an eagle. When the father finds out, he can't believe what his wife is telling him. Tragedy is the result of his unwillingness to believe. I find myself thinking of this story and wondering if there's a way to film these folk tales. Jabbes is always saying that Zambians use parables and wise sayings to teach their children. I find them fascinating. For instance, in THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, initially the mother does not talk of the eagle visit because "some things are so wonderful, they are to be enjoyed privately." In the over-connected, digitally-linked U.S., the idea of holding things privately is a powerful thought.

This is one of the goals of the Zambian Innovative Project ... to bring technology to the story-telling Zambian culture and allow them to share their art and culture with the rest of the world.