I am very happy to announce that Jason Scott will be editing the Two Hands Project!

It’s been a long time since there have been any updates and I apologize. Starting this project I greatly underestimated the time and skill needed for the editing process. Thus I am very honored that Jason Scott has offered his time and skills free of charge. This means that the movie will be made and all your trust and hardwork will pay off.

Our friend Jordan Bunker has started a second hackerspace documentary that I think will be awesome! It looks beautiful and he has a great team of people who know a lot about film making. I’m proud to say that I worked with him on the Two Hands Project and am glad that there is more documentation of what I think is a movement that is so very important for so many reasons. Thoughts about education, business, the importance of community, hacking, making, and passion seekers fill these spaces, though each is different you get the feeling of a global community changing the world for the better. I hope that both these movies bring about more awareness and encourage people to consider the ideas they represent more seriously.

Here is a quote about the “Good” parts of the Two Hands Projects taken from Jasons blog.

But the good: EVERYBODY is in the fuckin’ film. As far as the linked hackerspaces.org crowd goes, they really went all over, and while I’m sure there’s plenty of spaces they missed, the geographic spread is breathtaking; I’ve seen footage from Atlanta, Boston, DC, Toronto, Buffalo, NYC, Rochester, Washington DC, Baltimore, Ann Arbor, Seattle, Los Angeles… and many of these cities contain footage from multiple spaces nearby. They didn’t shy away from walking around locations while people did stuff, filmed a bunch of environmental/surrounding area shots (although often with crazy shaky-cam), and didn’t let too many people slink away in the shadows while the cameras were coming through. And the questions are wonderful – as one of the interviewees I can say they really did a great job pulling out stories and statements from their subjects, and folks give out some real fantastic answers.

The raw footage is a real rich tapestry of human beings and their spaces. There’s faces of people I myself recognize from years of hacker conventions, who I never got a chance to meet. I guess “I edited you in a film” will be a good conversation starter.

I’ll post more updates about hackerspaces I’m involved with and the movie as they come about. Currently you can find a string of images from the video transcription here.

Thanks again Jason. YTMND.
+Bilal