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Turning doomsday project into a rally for hope (2)

By Xu Lin (China Daily)

14:21, November 14, 2012

"It’s a new and useful pattern, which not only provides funding in a short time, but also helps us to get sufficient interviewees online. It’s difficult to persuade strangers to be videotaped,” says Weng Xiangyu, 22.

They spent 30,000 yuan on two cameras and asked friends to design souvenirs especially for the program — a set of postcards and T-shirts.

They interviewed the supporters for about 20 minutes, encouraging them to delve into their inner worlds and face themselves.

The documentary will be broadcast online before Dec 21.

"It’s more about finding an answer. Human beings are small and inadequate and may die any time. I believe it’s important to figure out what one really wants to do and what one is doing now,” Wu says.

The two were high school classmates and mooted the idea in April 2010, when they found out they had many similar views about the meaning of life.

"Why are many people satisfied with things as they are? Because they think there’s always hope in tomorrow.



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