May 3, 2008...11:47 am
déjà vu
I feel like I’ve shown you this already (I’m pretty sure its in one of the older posts), but I watched this last night and I felt that the message was even more powerful the second time around (or as powerful as it can get at three in the morning). I had the same feeling that you get after watching An Inconvenient Truth (a.k.a. GUYS LETS SAVE THE WORLD RIGHT NOW).
Oh, completely unrelated, is this clip from NPR reporter David Gilkey:
“I really don’t smile that much. It’s not that I am unhappy or depressed. It’s just not in my nature. I tend to take life a little seriously.
But, as part of my coverage for NPR in China, I visited the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and Director Zhang Zhihe. He’s a gentle man who speaks about the giant pandas as if they were his own family. At the end of our time together, I asked him why he thought the giant panda bears are so popular. A simple answer from the director: “Because they make you smile!”
I fully agree. I edited this piece for the blog smiling and laughing out loud the whole time. This footage is a preview of a full report with Melissa Block that will air in May. Enjoy.
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