Peter Bussian, a filmmaker and photographer who has worked for the past 25 years in many developing countries including spending 15 years in Afghanistan leading to a book he wrote, “Passage to Afghanistan,” along with Scott Cole, also a filmmaker who in March 2012 traveled to Uganda, Africa with students from Frostburg State University to show children a way of purifying water using a solar disinfection method due to limited and unsuitable water supply exhibited some of their films and photography on Wednesday, April 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the Atkinson Room of the Lane University Center. Peter Bussian says that these films will be shown to representatives and politicians in Washington D.C. to raise awareness about issues around the world that many aren’t aware of.
The
first film, “Unbridled Enthusiasm,” created by Mike Snyder and Scott Cole
depicts the children of Uganda and shows their happiness and enthusiasm; “These
children can do amazing things for the country and for the world,” says Scott Cole.
“America has so much wealth, and some would think that the children in Uganda
are not happy, but they are. He says that he has focused his career on issues
around the planet and has also traveled to Sudan, one of the countries that is
most affected by global warming and climate change.
The
second film, titled “Sayda” after the woman the film is focused on, tells the
story of a woman who has come back to her home village so that she can earn
money after recently being accepted into University. There are few things to do for work to make
money, but she does this by collecting wood to burn and make charcoal, a long
and difficult process, to sell in larger towns for profit before leaving for University.
Sayda says that making one pile of charcoal takes a month of work. Her name,
Sayda, means lady in Arabic. She is a very hardworking and resilient young woman.
In the film, she speaks of not wanting to be married until after she finishes
school. She would like to go into media when she begins school.
The
final film shown, “Toward Enduring Peace in Sudan,” showed different projects
that USAID has done in Sudan for peace such as teaching woman to make crafts
that can be sold, providing centers for therapy to those impacted by trauma,
building large green fields that can be used for recreation and sports,
providing milk to students in schools, and many other things to help others. USAID
stands for The United States Agency for International Development.
A
photography exhibit was also included with many beautiful photographs taken by
Peter Bussian called “The Afghans: Pictures of Resilience.” More of his photographs
and work can be seen on his website peterbussian.com. “Why do we make these films?” he asks. “To educate people on what is going on in the world,” 
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