Have you heard of the Nab’Ubomi media project? Read about it here!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCaSPZyMswS8lU-14TDbi8dnoSL0qCWYD6-1LNztk9z-s8UX8vAH8nu0CMkqlDQN5QnABdBFyyBydU4QT-EVU_sMfoAupkeWXprzgmFT-sH7dGakJsrRHdHGtEdQkxUrhfnbeKXeo0YXM/s1600-h/image%25255B5%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRC1PZdruVI14eq5prR507_s597GgCIRAfyimqQwTYTtaAedcR5o1TIFiiwMHMMbIoFU5cwbCs6EvaQI1qHsX-UeiYAvx3C2NunHXcxFCDyGJhnnQhL5P-Rkk9osumFRtMJqKikDdamNk/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><em>Submitted by Fiona Beal</em><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few months back I had the privilege of being invited, as a SchoolNet representative, to be one of  the judges for the Nab’Ubomi Interschool 2011 Short Film Competition. What a marvelous evening it turned out to be watching these compelling short movies. These movies were created and carved by Grade 11 students in the Eastern Cape, and filmed using the guidance and resources of the Nab'Ubomi crew, at their respective schools. The Nab’Ubomi Film Development Project & School Filmmaking Competition introduces the South African youth to the world of Film and TV Production and Media Education Literacy.This is a really incredible project, well worth taking note of. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 15px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bryony Roughton is the Project Director of Nab’Ubomi Film School.</span></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">More about Nab’Ubomi</span></strong><br /><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nab'Ubomi, </i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">meaning ‘</span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is Life’ </i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in isiXhosa, is an inter-school film competition running in the Eastern Cape since 2007. It is now expanding, in stages, into all provinces of South Africa to become a national competition. </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nab'Ubomi </i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">has been built around six essential aspects or pillars: </span><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Education ‐Youth ‐ Story ‐ Film ‐ Content ‐ Development. </strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can read more on their website (</span><a href="http://www.nabubomi.co.za/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" title="http://www.nabubomi.co.za/">http://www.nabubomi.co.za/</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) and also on the flier below (which can be read in more detail <a href="https://www.box.com/s/lzqbx7awdcnvw63a8d13" target="_blank">here</a> - or you could press the <i>fullscreen</i> button in the bottom right hand corner of the frame).</span><br /><br /><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="400" src="https://www.box.com/embed/r2y5dcc26bcwkgg.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="466" wmode="opaque"></embed> <br /><br /><br /><strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nab’Ubomi’s playlist on YouTube</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nab’Ubomi has a playlist of all their films on YouTube – if you can spare the time they will definitely make an interesting evening’s viewing. </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/NabUbomi" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" title="http://www.youtube.com/user/NabUbomi">http://www.youtube.com/user/NabUbomi</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The 'Best of the Festival Award' film 2011</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For example here is the 2011 Best of the Festival Award film. It is a student film from the Nab'Ubomi 2011 inter-school short film competition called '<i>Eternal Inspirations'</i> by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Pumela Sibulele Billie</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from Molteno Senior Secondary School in Queenstown Education District, Eastern Cape, South Africa. </span><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Fu6LJgkhjbU?list=PL518CCAC8FC0B0E85&hl=en_GB" width="420"></iframe> <strong></strong><br /><div style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><br /></strong></span></strong></div><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Awards Dinner for 2012 winners</span></strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVYMPkmrhLzfOai8cHgvLPHUQlKEGevfEPVi59t6J9Oe9itmpSp998r9C7F3shWWRtBHcPzoTLcGdvqxH1vo13DaTQOp-jPy2ZYQfvLimTBEGjqeVJ8O1-T0wrrsEWiTSIznaPdNy9Q8/s1600-h/image%25255B9%25255D.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="82" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX-0Dh4Br5ne0ca4-yas5LtBFrsRpTISptv6ZCTxwt9NEB1uvyb6wqiphLCtE5pe3erAxEiv9LNg4wLzar0Sm41xYMzG9Q7yosP7NoCHbnTmHGB2xLmknn8B79oQokm7bq9J26QKruvSg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The good news is that on the 30th November 2012 an Award ceremony for all the 2012 winners will take place at a Gala Event in East London hosted by the Eastern Cape Department of Education. This will include the presentation of nominee and award Certificates & winners, trophies and a screening of the top three award winning films</span>. <br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> If you would like to see the learners' comments about the positive effect the Nab'Ubami project has had on their lives read about it </span><a href="https://www.box.com/s/szjinr2qsc8nvo563gnl" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nab’Ubomi is looking to expand to to the Northern Cape and Western Cape working with schools in the same way as outlined above. We, at SchoolNet, wish them well as they inspire the youth of our country with this project. </span></div>

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