The Man Who Stopped the Desert
The Man Who Stopped the Desert is a one hour feature doc telling the story of Yacouba Sawadogo, an African peasant farmer who has pioneered a technique that reverses the process of desertification. This is what Dr Chris Reij, a world expert on desertification has to say about Yacouba:
“Yacouba single-handedly has had more impact on…conservation than all the national and international researchers put together”
“..in this region tens of thousands of hectares of land that was completely unproductive has been made productive again thanks to the techniques of Yacouba ..”
GMSL - Company background film
Gardline Marine Sciences Ltd (GMSL) are a global operation. They wanted us to make a short film that gives a flavour of what they do. The film is used to promote their services, and to provide new employees with a sense of the company’s working ethos. 1080 Films worked with GMSL every step of the way, from conceptualisation to delivery.
This is what we produced:
Victor Deme
Whilst filming in Burkina Faso in 2008 we met a man with an incredible rags to riches story...his name is Victor Deme, a musician from the capital who has the most amazing voice. In 2005 Camille Louvel, manager of Ouagajungle, a live music venue in Ouagadougou met Victor. He was blown away by Victor's incredible talent. With the help of journalist David Commeillas they founded the label Chapa Blues Records to promote Victor's music. The singer started to work on his album in the small studio improvised by the Ouagajungle team at the back of his house in Ouagadougou . The studio is no more than two rooms separated by a truck windshield and equipped with a 16-track console, but it has became the rallying point of numerous talented artists.
Victor's first album was rough round the edges but the contacts in Paris loved it. It went straight to the top of the world music charts and Victor has just returned from a 20 gig sell-out tour in France . From nowhere, Victor Deme has now emerged as a top act in the world music scene. 1080 Films produced his first music promo, shot over a period of just 12 hours!
