Monday morning, 8th September. Maseru, Lesotho.

I drove across the border from South Africa to visit the mobile cinema team at Sesotho Media. It is partly because of the project that we started (Steps for the Future) eight years previously, a YLE/Day Zero co-production of 38 documentary and short films about people living in the time of HIV and AIDS

Welcome to the new look Why Democracy? website. As the project moves through its different stages, the website has become a valuable resource of film, opinion and discussion.

Accompanying the re-design is the Democracy Blog that is regularly updated by a number of contributors ranging from the film-makers to the Steps International team. We encourage you to make yourself heard in our discussion forums and create a dialogue about democracy across the globe.