Human Postcards: C “Escape”
(Human Postcards) FRANCE | “C” comes from Côte d’Ivoire on the African continent. We met him at the border of Italy and France. He had just arrived two days earlier from his long journey to Europe. In France, he was welcomed by the association “Defends ta citoyenneté”. “C” fled from an abusive uncle who would not let him go to school and forced him to work in the cocoa field from the age of 10. His journey to freedom took him through Mali, Mauritania and Lybia. C felt so happy to feel this “human touch” arriving in this valley.
Human Postcards: C
About Human Postcards
Human Postcards is an ongoing series of 60 second video portraits, capturing the inspirational and often powerful messages of everyday people from around the world.
“Since starting in 2015, we have produced over 150 unique postcards in multiple countries. Each postcard is one minute long and focuses on a single idea or aspect of a person’s life.”
“The idea came in 2014 while we were working in London. Every day we walked along Oxford Circus and saw a man in a human billboard costume advertising a golf store. We wondered what he was thinking as he stood there being passed by thousands of people, and if we could capture his story in a format which all of these busy people could enjoy, to change their perception of him.”
“As we started to film, we realised that the project was growing to be more than something about unnoticed people, and that everyone has stories, lessons, and dreams to pass on.”
For more information on our contribution to the project, please watch our TEDx Talk here.
Sources: Human Postcards
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