•Education For All Fast Track Initiative.  NCI is contracted to produce introductory video for the UN  High-Level Plenary Meeting on MDGs slated for September 2010.  Shot on location in Maputo, Mozambique.  Video in post production.

•Mathieu is in Hiroshima finishing up a 3 year documentary for Bryan Reichhardt of Boru TV.  Another moving trip.  Hiroshima survivors will view their drawings made to a DC congregation in thanks for school supplies that were sent to them after the bomb was dropped that decimated their school and surrounding areas 65 years ago.  The drawings will be put on permanent display in the museum of the new school.

•North Haven was beautiful.  The Chase Brock Experience gave a wonderful weekend of performances, premiering Whoa, Nellie! and highlighting past pieces for Ashley Eichbauer’s farewell performance.

•On our way to North Haven, Maine to see CBE perform Whoa, Nellie!

•The Summer Edition:  A CHASE BROCK EXPERIENCE DOUBLE FEATURE at the Connelly Theatre in NY was great.  Featuring Mirror Mirror composed by Michael John LaChiusa and Whoa, Nellie! danced to the hit album “Obligatory Villagers” by Nellie McKay.

•Excited about the launch of the new Dance video game Dance On Broadway.  Choreographed by Chase Brock using the dancers of The Chase Brock Experience.  NCI was hired to film the behind the scenes for a “Making Of” Promo for the North America and European markets.  Check it out on YouTube   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4-JFOJxvVw

•Emmy night was excellent.  Lots of moving tributes and emotional speeches.  And we are thrilled and honored to be one of the recipients.

•After filming in Louisiana twice there seems to be no end in site to the oil rig leak.  On Mathieu’s second trip for ARD the main focus was local impact and the devastation the leak has had on wildlife and professions that count on the water’s bounty to make a living.

•Mathieu is on his way to New Orleans to cover the Gulf oil rig leak for ARD German Television.

•El Abrazo…life is a Tango DVD is now on sale through Amazon.  www.amazon.com or click the DVD picture on our post to take you to it.  Thank you.

•Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year and all the best for 2010.

•Long version of Burning Man doc out now at ARD to much praise. Short version can be seen on www.ard.de   http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/burningman100.html

•After more than a week of shooting on the Playa at Burning Man we are on our way back.  There were plenty of sand storms to shoot in on a daily basis and many beautiful shots of artwork and colorful people were taken.  I’ll upload stills of the shoot over the next few days.

•Mathieu is on the Playa.

•Burning Man 2009

•Mathieu is finishing up in Hiroshima this evening then to Osaka.

•Gearing up for DVD sales of El abrazo…life is a tango.  View the trailer at www.elabrazo.tv

•July-August 2009:  Mathieu travels to Hiroshima to continue production as DP for “Pictures from a Hiroshima Schoolyard: Seeds of Hope”.  A production of Boru TV.  View the progress trailer here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly3q3-zUFTo

•Spring 2009:  Newsgroup brings home 5 more Tellys for video production and photography!

•Spring 2009:  “Sayari” Wins Telly for Children’s programming.

•Spring 2009:  NCI films Red Eye of Love promo video.  To date it has over 1600 hits on You Tube.  Check it out on our You Tube Channel www.youtube.com/user/NCITV.net .  Long film in development.

•June 2009:  Up next The Chase Brock Experience.  Video short can also be seen on our You Tube channel.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeNkZbPgs5Y

Long film in development.