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NEWS: Successful Kickstarter Campaign for PUSH Tunisia We successfully raised funds to finish up the film and release it in a few months!
“Some say we need more bombs to protect our way of life. I think we need more artists who bomb with their creativity, constantly reinventing the way we experience life, keeping us fresh, awake, inspired.” - David Ellis
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PUSH Tunisia
- PUSH Tunisia
In November of 2011 we took a trip with an initiative that resulted in 'PUSH Tunisia'. It is a skateboard 'artivism' film which features a group of skateboarders and street artists on a trip to Tunisia eleven months after the revolution to 'push' the skate and street art scene and tap into the energy of the Tunisian youth. More Info
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We are currently developing film projects in the other North African countries, Middle East, and India. We welcome any ideas on making these projects a reality.
PUSH Middle East
An evolution of our film Sour from a few years back. PUSH M.E. will invite skaters from all over the Middle East and step it up a few notches. STATUS: proposals for funding
Smile On Mumbai
Modeled after the Smile project started in Bangalore in 2005, Rise Up and theBedouins will initiate a skateboarding project in Mumbai – ‘Smile on Mumbai’ – to foster and promote the skateboarding scene in India’s largest city.
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Films
- Our FIlms To DatePUSH Tunisia
In November of 2011 we took a trip with an initiative that resulted in 'PUSH Tunisia'. It is a skateboard 'artivism' film which features a group of skateboarders and street artists on a trip to Tunisia eleven months after the revolution to 'push' the skate and street art scene and tap into the energy of the Tunisian youth. More Info
Check out the projects that inspired our organization:
SOUR a film about doing the things you love with people you're not supposed to likeAlready familiar with images of war and destruction from the media, this project asks the real question….“What does an instrument of peace look like?” For one group of youth from the Middle East, the unlikely answer is a skateboard.
Sour is about a group of Israeli and Jordanian skaters, jumping borders and culture barriers to share a united passion for skating and life. It aims to capture an important viewpoint that the news reports miss by putting the camera into the hands of local teenagers with little or no prior experience in making a film. This very process helps us showcase acts of peaceful rebellion, community action, and outreach that unify people who would otherwise never meet. In essence, Sour is a film about doing the things you love with people you’re not supposed to like.
Filmed during the Lebanon-Israel war of 2006, Sour features a youthful ensemble of top Arab and Israeli skaters, including Idan “Aziz” Abra, Noam Beer, Tzahi Einat, Udi Hasson, Mohammed Kahil, Omar Nash, Saif Qaisi, Hamzeh Zahran, and Mohammed Zakaria.
Rent or Buy the film at Reframe.
Visit Sour’s website at sourcrew.com
Film Festivals and Awards for Sour: Best Content Award- Boston International Film Festival (2008); Official Selection- Bend Film (2007), Arab Film Festival Los Angeles and San Francisco (2007), Eilat International Film Festival (Israel, 2008), Shoot Me Film Festival (The Netherlands, 2009), and Proud2Be Moviegoers Series (UK, 2009)
SMILE a film about teaching skateboarding in the slums of Bangalore, IndiaSkateboarding was born in the streets by youth who wanted a different way to interpret their urban environment. It was their tool that defied convention and created a movement that had no rules, regulations, contests, or winners. With time this movement has flourished in some of the most unlikely places, transforming crowded cities with mazes of jumbled concrete into a skaters’ playground. Smile portrays this aspect of skateboarding, specifically the attraction to creatively reevaluate your surroundings in a positive way. This is the story of teaching skateboarding in one of the poorest slums of Bangalore, India. For six months Nathan volunteered at the Deepika School where he used the skateboard to foster creative expression and encourage personal growth among the children. Smile follows the challenges, joys, laughter, and tears of this epic journey.
Smile Book
theBedouins designed a forty page photo-journalism style book covering the Smile project. It includes excerpts and poems from Nathan’s journal as well as quotes from the children, alongside vivid color photographs.
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Events
- skateboarding films and art mashupVisit again for 2012 schedule!"Art Show"Trabelsi House
Tunis, Tunisia
November 14, 2011
Our most recent event tour was in 2011 titled Kuli Wuli at the following venues:
Sept. 9th + 10th
@ Reach & Teach, San Mateo, CA
www.reachandteach.com/peace
afternote:
Thanks to Everyone who joined us and to Reach & Teach for an awesome event!
Sept. 14th - 16th
@ Ross Ragland Theater, Klamath Falls, OR
www.rrtheater.org
Sept. 16th 6 pm
@ Klamath Falls Public Library
Invite Kuli Wuli to your area! peace@thebedouins.org
Yallah! Artivism for Peace
Official Launch Fundraiser
July and August 2010
@ EVO, Seattle Washington
www.evo.com
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Press
Rolling Stone Middle East
Sidewalk UK - skateboard magazine in print, next issue
State Coverage in U.S. State Department's Magazine
GreenProphet (environmental news source in the Middle East)
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Donate
- Any contribution is welcome!Kickstart PUSH Tunisia We are raising funds to finish up the film and put it out there! We have 31 days to raise the funds by crowd sourcing. It's all or nothing! Help us Spread the word. PUSHOne of the best ways to support our work is by purchasing our films which are available through Tribeca Film Institute.
Sour 2006
Smile 2005
If you would like to provide general support you can always write a check to theBedouins, P.O. Box 1450, Bend, OR 97709
theBedouins welcomes your contributions. We are a non-profit 501(c)(3) and your contributions are tax-deductible. Thank you!
For media inquires please email peace@thebedouins.org
We believe that financial stability is derived from diversity and that maintaining a broad base of donors over time is the most responsible and fiscally prudent way to finance theBedouins. In our desire to best fulfill our mission, theBedouins aims to be supported by a broad base of donors for the following reasons: (1) We wish to be mission driven. We want to do what needs to be done and say what needs to be said to those who need to be told, without fearing financial repercussions. (2) theBedouins believes that financial support from a wide variety of people, in a myriad of communities, is a good test for the validity of our work.
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Shop
- Original 'Artivist' Pieces for Purchase.FilmOne of the best ways to support our work is by purchasing our films which are available through Tribeca Film Institute.
Sour
SmileKickstart PUSH Tunisia We are raising funds to finish up the film and put it out there! Spread the word. PUSHArt
We are proud to offer you Original Artwork by Artists who are behind our work.
Skatedecks
Custom tagged by following artists: Retna, Justin Borsuk, Kim, VA-JO, SK-One, Euijin Gray and Nathan Benson
Philadelphia Skateboards from Amman, Jordan.
Contact us to see the work. peace@thebdouins.org
Sponsor us
As we are just getting started, we need the generous financial support of sponsors. Sponsorship of a whole project or a specific aspect of what we do would be greatly appreciated.
Volunteer
Currently we are looking for artists to contribute to our creative process and ambassadors to help spread the word. Of course we welcome all volunteers so don’t hesitate to contact us with ideas on how you can help.
We are based in Bend, Oregon but our work will be found all over the world. Drop us your thoughts at peace@thebedouins.org
theBedouins
P.O. Box 1450
Bend, OR 97709
USA541.977.2665
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Wall Photos
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Tweets
- check out PUSH Tunisia photos at THUMP http://t.co/SZHuWvt7May 17, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Hey we just saw the Sprout Film Festival related to dissability and highly recommend it to you! Another showing at 7:30pm at tower theatre
- PUSH Tunisia by theBedouins — Kickstarter http://t.co/fEOc4YxO via @kickstarter
- PUSH Tunisia by theBedouins — Kickstarter http://t.co/fEOc4YxO via @kickstarter
- any1 flying from Dubai-U.S. open to a HUGE favor? bring the PUSH hard drive cause DHL won't ship electronics. Giving a Philly sk8 4 ur help.Feb 22, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- PUSH Tunisia by theBedouins — Kickstarter http://t.co/fEOc4YxO via @kickstarter
- Kickstart PUSH Tunisia http://t.co/fEOc4YxO via @kickstarter
- @YehiaO13 I hope the article in the guardian did your work justice and explained it accurately
- Hangin at Busboys and Poets with Hamzeh and Caleb
- @ToddNims enjoy the holidays with family and say hi to your rents
- Just late night working on the film PUSH Tunisia http://t.co/QlyRC3ft
- We about to board for Tunis via Paris. prayers for Moey and Yehia that there visa gets approved
- @ToddNims @tubulartanner Next we'll be in Tunis kicking it and skating all day
- @flavorsme check out theBedouins.org and pushtunisia.org for possible flavors of the month
- A historic day, first free elections in Tunisia happened today.
- PUSH Tunisia http://t.co/wC5fuQta via @addthis
- PUSH Tunisia: Flavors.me: http://t.co/cYWtq8fV via @AddThis
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About
VISION
To contribute to the enhancement of world peace, with a commitment to inspire peaceful resolution of conflicts through human experiences that resonate across divides.
MISSION
Pushing skateboarding and street art as instruments of peace.
Specifically, we will develop creative projects that inspire humanity by blending skateboarding and arts with history, facts, and perspectives of real people living the conflicts. These educational projects will focus on conflict-ridden regions worldwide and will facilitate meaningful dialogue as well as encourage individuals to use their unique talents for peace.Why ‘the Bedouins’?
Derived from the Arabic word, bedouins are a group of people who embrace a nomadic lifestyle in harmony with the land that they wander. Our name was inspired by the simple ideals of bedouins; the perseverance and resilience they approach life with, and their attraction to seek fresh perspectives and horizons.
