6 billion Others: everyone really does have a story to tell

by Brad Linder Jun 8th 2007

There's an old saying that "everyone has a story to tell." Of course, nobody really has time to collect everyone's stories. Or do they?

6 billion Others is massive project to "create a sensitive and human portrait of the planet's inhabitants." Six directors traveled across the globe to interview a variety of people on various topics. No, they're not going to get 6 billion interviews under their belt anytime soon, but this is as close as you're likely to get to the emotional version of a global census.

They conducted 6,000 interviews in 65 countries and shot 4,500 hours of film, asking participants about happiness, love, laughter, tears, dreams, their parents, and dozens of other topics. The goal is to have thousands of interviews available by next year. But the site already has some remarkably well produced video montages available. Not a bad way to restore your faith in humanity heading into the weekend.

[via Teaching Online Journalism]

Tags: 6 billion others, 6BillionOthers, documentary, journalism

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