This interactive documentary spotlights dialogues between drivers and passengers shot from inside public taxis from around the globe. While traveling we interact with people from every faith, nation, race, ethnicity and social class. The conversations inside taxis are candid and honest and offer unique takes on the big global issues of our times. The Taxi Takes on the World envisions an online hub of diverse citizen voices on topics like religious and ethnic conflict, war and terror, race, gender class and culture. Citizen journalists take on the world, blur boundaries and break stereotypes in this grassroot user generated project.
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by Rick Segreda. My first reaction to Vandana's proposal, via email, about an alliance between documentary filmmakers and cab drivers was befuddlement -- wha...taxis? journalists? But the more I studied it, the more intriguing it became. As it is, I am a bilingual, bi-national (Ecuadorian, American) journalist based out of Quito, and depend on taxis a lot, especially in the… View Full Post
This matter, this story, this recent rape has created great unrest in India. And rightly so. Protests, candle light rallies can be seen sprouting throughout India. And the masses are ablaze, angered and active. And I am perplexed. Because to be honest, Indian women, especially in New Delhi have been eve teased, groped and raped for awhile now. It's… View Full Post
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The Taxi Takes on Terror is a web video project based on conversations between taxi drivers and passengers in Mumbai cabs about modern Terrorism. It consists of several short films that are centered around the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks of 2008. Vandana Sood-Giddings shot these videos through a social intervention and by driving in the front seat with several Mumbai taxi drivers over a period of two months. This project and her work with New York City taxi drivers was the impetus and idea behind The Taxi Takes on the World.
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