Democracy Video Challenge

Judging Begins

Preliminary judging is beginning in several regions throughout the world. The State Department reports that they received 882 submissions from 90 countries including 49 from Iran, eleven from Russia, 10 from Pakistan, 43 from Colombia, 17 from Nepal, 22 from Indonesia, 26 from Poland, 15 from Romania, 13 from Morocco, eight from Mali and 12 from Argentina. Most, if not all, videos are currently posted on YouTube.

SCA is one of several partners on this project that includes the Directors Guild of America [DGA], NBC Universal, NYU Tisch and several non-governmental agencies. DGA president Michael Apted is serving as one of the co-chairs of the program. The program is looking for several additional judges from the partner groups who will review submitted videos from the U.S. and numerous other countries.