The Stage 32 Videos: Earthquake

6 months after the earthquakes in Nepal in 2015 that left 600,000 people homeless and 9,000 dead, the journalists stopped reporting, the Nepalese government was unable to handle the huge devastation and I, a Swedish mountaineer, went to Nepal to find the real heroes in this catastrophe - local and international philanthropists who believe that one can perform miracles with very limited resources and to rebuild the "roof of the earth". What I found was something amazing, these people do not look back and cave into the past, and that helping others is as natural as the air we breathe and a true path to happiness. This documentary explores how solidarity and brotherhood are created when disasters occur and Fredrik Sträng returns to Nepal to interview the same people from Nepal's earthquake disaster, about five years after the incident. Has togetherness, kindness and solidarity continued to flourish or has time faded and life has returned to business-as-usual? This documentary explores the concept of whether we need to be reminded from time to time of disasters to safeguard solidarity.

http://www.bring-thoughts-to-action Bring Thoughts to Action (BTTA) is a non-profit organisation (NGO) based in Kathmandu,Nepal, working on sustainable development and economic fairness of the Nepalese society. Their main mission is to empower communities through creating awareness, educate and empower the people – men, women, youth and children. BTTA were founded shortly after the earthquake on 25th of April 2015 to give urgent relief to earthquake victims and to build bamboo houses to protect the community from monsoon season. After the hour of crisis, BTTA are working on many different projects to empower the communities and to create self-esteemed and self-determined societies. Some of the projects they are currently running are the Juneli Nepal Women Empowerment Program, Clean Street Program, Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD), Kids Empowerment Through Activities Project and there many other projects boiling is the pipeline. We came across BTTA through a brief encounter with another traveller, Goto-Mah who recognised us from a photo our mutual friend in Bangkok, Toom, had posted on Facebook right before we left Toom’s house to fly off to Kathmandu. Goto saw us on the street of Thamel, came to approached us and told us about what he was doing in Nepal and we told him about what we wanted to do. He then told us about BTTA, gave us a hug and left. So we went to look for BTTA and finally, after about sometime, managed to locate them and after the first meeting, we just knew that they are the right organisation to collaborate with. Especially after weeks of communicating with a numbers of so-called NGOs here. Finally we found a group that talks to us with passion in their eyes, and not the money sign ;) So here are the few videos we made with the group. Project: http://www.bring-thoughts-to-action Director/DOP: Ozair Rao http://www.ozairrao.com Produced By: Hopscotchers - http://www.hopscotchers.org In Collaboration With: http://www.theparadoxstudio.com Producer: Nazreen Nizam - http://www.nazreennizam.com Date Produced: 07th October, 2015 Equipment Used: Camera & Lenses: GH3, 14-140mm, 35-100 2.8, 20mm 1.7, Go Pro Hero 3 Post Production: Adobe Premiere CC, Adobe After Effects CC, Adobe Audition CS6 Color Correction: Magic Bullet Looks