I'm in the process of guiding the third film crew in five months, shooting documentaries on the mountain gorillas. This one is Travelscope, and it will air on PBS sometime next fall. It all sounds great and glamorous - but, actually, these people, just like the previous CNN-related people, HAVE NO CLUE!!! I would be ashamed to go in the field, half way across the world, not knowing the first thing about my subject. REALLY!
OK, maybe I am a bit over-demanding now - considering that I have grown so accustomed to my job lately, and that I finally feel I am on top of things (after months of figuring it out, especially the chaotic Congo-part). This morning, when I picked these people up, I was so confident and natural in saying "Welcome to Rwanda!". Just afterward I thought it might have seemed bizarre - especially as they were not expecting a white woman to greet them. HA!
Anyhow, it brings back the eternal dilemma: run around the globe, covering amazing stories for grand audiences (and being scolded like this in some random country, that you have no clue what the hell you talk about), or actually staying on this side of things: where you eventually become an expert (without formally being one), but your world will get so limited and self-centered (just like I wrote on FB lately, half of my daily conversations now revolve around the quality of gorilla fecal samples, that's how much I know about these guys already!) HA again!
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