One Day on Earth was founded in 2008, and its first collaboration took place last year when people from all over the globe gathered different stories on 10.10.10. 'One Day On Earth' captured different corners of this world through the eyes of thousands of professional and amateur filmmakers and photographers who collectively submitted 3000 hours of video and thousands of photographs shot during a 24-hour period. Participants from all walks of life, took a photograph or a video of the most important thing that happened to them on 10.10.10.; which gave birth to a full-length movie directed by Ruddick and produced by Litman. You can have a look at the trailer below:
“Together, we are showcasing the amazing diversity, conflict, tragedy, and triumph that occur in one day. We invite you to join our international community of thousands of filmmakers, hundreds of schools, and dozens of non-profits, and contribute to this unique global mosaic. One Day on Earth is a community that not only watches, but participates.” describes the official website of this project.
What's commendable about this project is that both the founders have themselves incurred 95% of the budget for the film and are now trying to raise money through Kickstarter in order to handle post-production expenses. They have managed to raise $60,000 through DVD pre-sales.
'One Day on Earth' has partnered with 60 humanitarian organizations, and the UN impressed by this initiative have committed to support this project till 2015. Although they are not providing any financial help, but have provided their field offices across the globe to help in contributing to the material for the project. All the technological support is being provided by Vimeo.
You may have heard of a similar project on YouTube called, “Life In A Day” a 90 minutes documentary that collaborates lives of over 80,000 individuals all over the globe in a single day. Although the video was a huge hit, it was accused of corporate branding. To this Litman says that, “One reason we were able to team with the United Nations, which is extremely difficult, that it wasn't a logoed-up corporate project.” Further adding, “We don't want to just create a film, we're trying to create a movement.”
This year on 11.11.11 again thousands of participants will record lives around them over a period of 24-hours which will result in another heart touching documentary that will cover events and people from every country in the world. What's interesting about this project is that they have also created a unique geo-tagged archive, where you can check out videos from specific locations.
If you would like to be a part of this time capsule for the whole world, then do visit their “How Do I Participate” section on their website and take your first step towards becoming a member of 'global online community'.
Check out Kyle Ruddick sharing his experience with One Day on Earth so far:
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