The First Glance

November 1st 2015:

In this film I sought to show a glimpse of the sights and the daily life of my first month in Ibel, my community placement.  When I showed the film to my family they were extremely excited, they were clapping and screaming. The Senegalese love photos and I think the ability to see their daily life captured was a unique moment for them. And it was a unique and wonderful moment for me to have a screaming and cheering audience.
 The First Glance (Vimeo)

Janet Sebastian-Coleman

About Janet Sebastian-Coleman

Janet is passionate about leading an intellectual, creative, service-based life. She loves art, history, language, stories, service work, and travel. She works for Native American rights, Women's rights, and equality for all people. Janet advocates for the use of art and education to create positive social change. Her goals for the year are to become a member of her community, to make lifelong friends, learn from a culture, languages, religions, and a way of life different than her own, and to be welcoming and open to every new experience that comes her way. She hopes also to have a positive and joyful impact on the community and family she will join. Janet hopes to return changed and inspired spiritually, creatively, and intellectually. "Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.