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13 Countries + 14 Mini-Films<\/div>\n
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Filming in Jerusalem this week<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Here we go!<\/p>\n

I met Dr. Derek Yach when filming some of the interviews for A Billion Lives at GFN in 2015. Having an interview with a former Executive Director at the World Health Organization was a critical moment in making our film credible with the public.<\/p>\n

Not only am I grateful to GFN for helping make the introduction, but I am sincerely grateful to Derek for taking time to meet with us before his big keynote speech. He was an amazing part of the movie.<\/p>\n

We remained in touch and I continued to be amazed by his passion for helping the actual smokers, not judging, belittling, or treating them like children. When he asked me to make a mini launch film for the new foundation he was starting to help smokers, I was all in.<\/p>\n

If you missed it,\u00a0here’s the link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Now Derek and the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World are beginning their work and the first step was to listen and understand the situation. They commissioned a poll of 13 countries around the world and the results are nearly finished.<\/p>\n

I’ve gotten a chance to peek at some of the results and it’s truly amazing how different the situation is in each country.<\/p>\n

Derek has asking me\u00a0to direct a series of 13 mini films to go with each country. In addition, we’ll also be creating a global short film to tie it all together. He plans on using them in launch events throughout the year in a comprehensive plan to start a dialogue about the current situation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I am beyond excited!<\/div>\n
As I announced earlier this week, I’ll be leading the\u00a0new harm reduction film festival<\/a>\u00a0at the Global Forum on Nicotine.The core creative team from A Billion Lives (Jimi, Jenni, and myself) are back together for this, and I plan on submitting these films to the festival.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Filming an interview in Greece<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I just got done hanging out with Dr. Farsalinos in Greece (we’re here filming one of the 13), and this promises to be quite the adventure.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to follow our progress or help us out along the way, here are some ways we’ll be communicating:<\/p>\n

Official Updates:
\nA Billion Lives Facebook<\/a>
\nA Billion Lives Instagram<\/a>
\nA Billion Lives Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Behind the Scenes (with our team):
\nAttention Era Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Attention Era Instagram<\/a>
\nAttention Era Twitter<\/a><\/div>\n
Personal Notes:
\nMy Facebook<\/a><\/div>\n
My Twitter<\/a><\/div>\n
My Instagram<\/a><\/div>\n
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We started in Israel (had an interview with the Israel Cancer Society & Zvi Herzog) and we’re now in Greece. I’m excited for this and look forward to sharing more updates.<\/div>\n
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Talk soon,<\/div>\n
Aaron<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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