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 responsible for all audio and video footage in Africa throughout the entire duration of the expedition, producing over 250 hours of recorded material. DooG Reporter fully produced the documentary “Anonimi della Fede | Africa 2018” — from editing to direction, from graphic design to scriptwriting and voiceover.
"My task was to document the mission and tell what is happening in this part of Africa. From the scenic roads of South Africa to the deserts of Namibia. From the dirt tracks, potholes, dust and mud of Angola to the immense, dazzling wilderness of Zimbabwe and Botswana. And in the midst of it all — them: the People. Black ones (sometimes even white ones, by fault or by nature), with their stories, their dramas, their unfailing smiles (...)'
The documentary “Gli anonimi della fede” — recounting the MotoForPeace expedition across Southern Africa in the spring of 2018 — is, in fact, DooG Reporter’s first medium-length production.
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 di Rai Vaticano, hanno trasmesso un estratto del documentario “Anonimi della Fede” realizzato da Gabriele Orlini di DooG Reporter per conto di MotoForPeace ONLUS durante la missione Africa 2018.
Source: RAI Play
Project also realised thanks to the support of Fujifilm Italy