RoadBook
“The time had come when the news on television and in the newspapers was no longer enough.
The time had come to get up from the couch, face this immense journey to understand with one’s own eyes, and try to lend a hand.”
Not a trip for its own sake.
But a mission to bring concrete help and give visibility to many small Christian missions scattered across this vast territory. A way to give a voice to the voiceless.
“The long journey and poor road conditions often strain motorcycles and riders.
Despite long preparation before departure and equipped motorcycles, minor mishaps were the order of the day.”
The challenging motorbike raid is part of the expeditions of Moto For Peace, a non-profit organisation that has been working for almost 20 years all over the world and is made up of members of national and international police forces.
Southern Africa, April 19, 2018
We begin our long journey into the African land through South Africa, Namibia, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and finally Botswana. An almost 14,000 km long journey awaits us. The goal of Africa 2018 is to go and see for oneself and bring concrete help to the many Catholic missionaries working in realities plagued by the problem of poverty as well as social instability.
From April to June 2018, two months of travel, travelling through 5 countries with 11 motorcycles prepared for African roads.
16 people, including 11 riders, and others to support the caravan.
The project was realised in collaboration with the Vatican Dicastery for Human and Integral Development.
The first trouble with Cape Town customs for the delivery of the motorbikes and vans prevents the start of the trip and causes a delay on the road map.
The first section of the journey, from South Africa to entering Angola after crossing the deserts of Namibia.
We were in charge of all audio/video footage (footage) in Africa for the entire duration of the expedition, producing more than 250 hours of footage. DooG Reporter fully produced the documentary “Men of Faith | Africa 2018,” from editing to directing, graphics to text writing, and voiceover.
"My task was to document the mission and report on what is happening in this part of Africa. From the scenic roads of South Africa to the deserts of Namibia. From the dirt, potholes, dust and mud of Angola to the immense dazzling nature of Zimbabwe and Botswana. And in the middle of this world, them: the Men. The Black ones (sometimes also white, by default or by nature), with their stories, their dramas, their unfailing smiles (...)"
The documentary “The Anonymous of Faith” about Moto For Peace ‘s expedition to southern Africa in spring 2018 is-indeed-the first medium-length production of DooG Reporter.
On 30 January 2019, at the Scuola Superiore di Polizia in Rome, in the presence of representatives of the Police Forces, the Vatican Dicastery, journalists and interested parties, the documentary was presented to the national press.
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Report on RAI Italia: ‘Italia con voi’ presented by Monica Marangoni and Stefano Palatresi. In studio Costanza Miriano of Rai Vaticano, they broadcast an excerpt of the documentary “Anonymous of Faith” made by Gabriele Orlini of DooG Reporter on behalf of MotoForPeace ONLUS during the 2018 Africa mission.
Source: RAI Play
Project also realised thanks to the support of Fujifilm Italy
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