{"id":2211,"date":"2022-11-30T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T09:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=2211"},"modified":"2022-11-30T09:00:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T09:00:42","slug":"324-christopher-ninness-the-kids-are-still-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=2211","title":{"rendered":"324. Christopher Ninness \u201cThe Kids are Still Here\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2404\" src=\"https:\/\/discoverindiefilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Christopher-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>Christopher Ninness brought the documentary\u00a0 short comedy &#8220;The Kids are Still Here&#8221; to the Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2021 and took home the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film \u2013 Documentary. \u00a0This amazing documentary investigates &#8220;nodding syndrome,&#8221; a rare, regional, severe seizure disorder affecting children. \u00a0I\u2019m proud to say that &#8220;The Kids are Still Here&#8221; is in Season 6 of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3qExIxQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think you will agree with me that Christopher is an impressive individual. \u00a0Anyone who chooses to spend their free time devoted to humans in need is the kind of human that the world needs, and in greater quantities.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher worked directly with WEND Africa on this film. \u00a0WEND Africa (Women Empowerment Network Design)\u00a0is a nonprofit that provides opportunities for \u00a0employment, education &amp; empowerment\u00a0to war-affected mothers in Northern Uganda. \u00a0Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendafrica.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wendafrica.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To see more of Christopher&#8217;s work, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/showcase\/8237972\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cgninness.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Discover Indie Film Links<br \/>\n<b><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverindiefilm.com\">DIF Website<\/a>\u00a0<\/b> &#8211; <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/difwins\/\">DIF Instagram<\/a>\u00a0<\/b> &#8211; <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/difwins\">DIF Facebook<\/a>\u00a0<\/b> &#8211; <b><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DIFwins\">DIF Twitter<\/a>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Source: Discover Film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Ninness brought the documentary\u00a0 short comedy &#8220;The Kids are Still Here&#8221; to the Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2021 and took home the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film \u2013 Documentary. \u00a0This amazing documentary investigates &#8220;nodding syndrome,&#8221; a rare, regional, severe seizure disorder affecting children. \u00a0I\u2019m proud to say that &#8220;The Kids are &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=2211\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;324. Christopher Ninness \u201cThe Kids are Still Here\u201d&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}