Bill Brookman (who we met in Hargeisa when we first arrived in september) wrote this as a reaction to the demise of our film:
Oh God, oh God. This is terrible. I have similar stories from Haiti and Sierra Leone – all of greed. Greed greed.
I’m sorry to say this when many of my Somali friends may read this. But African folk tales are all of the trickster type: either Brer Rabbit gets away with dishonesty or he doesn’t. West African, Haitian, and it seems (sadly) Somali fundamental morality –as supported by folk-tales – only supports a version of morality based on getting away with it , or not.
I suppose this was the impression Roelof Jan Minneboo and his colleagues worked so hard to create about Somaliland and Africa. Provoking conflicts, disrespecting local people and their values, making false promises, exploiting locals with the possible minimum wage, should I continue? Mr. Bill Brookman what a blind judgement you have forwarded! The most professional thing to do would have been to check both sides of the story before you bottle and label Africa. Your reaction says too much about your sense of judgment and principles.
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