Remember the crowdsourced film, “One Day on Earth,” that came out a few years ago? Billed as a global “participatory media experiment,” the project invited video entries from amateur and professional filmmakers – documentation of individual, day-to-day lives around the world – captured over a single 24-hour period, October 10, 2010. From the vast pool of raw footage submitted, the directorial team teased an overarching narrative “following characters and events that evolve throughout the day,” in so doing highlighting both the diversity and interconnection of life on the planet.

Find more about the Minneapolis-St. Paul iteration of this grassroots film project on One Day in the Twin Cities.

Now, the same folks are turning their attention to a new, but related project:  a “one day on earth local initiative” exploring the present and future of city life, as seen through the lenses of individual citizens living in urban centers around the world. (Find the full list of participating cities here.)

The concept:

Most of the world’s people now live in cities. As global population swells, the efficiency and functionality of our cities are essential to the sustainability of human existence. … Help us take a closer look at how we can better live together in tight communities, with the best services that provide opportunities for the future. Your Day. Your City. Your Future. is a campaign platform that inspires urbanites to tell stories that inform a more sustainable future in their cities.

Minneapolis-St. Paul is one of those cities participating in this global storytelling experiment, and the critical date is coming up in just a couple of days: April 26, 2014. Once again, project organizers and their local partners in each city are inviting grassroots video contributions. Participating filmmakers are urged to consider one or more of the following 10 questions as they shoot their videos. According to the call for entries: “More than just prompting interviews, [they’re intended as] inspiration for visual investigations.”

1. Why are you in your city?

2. What do you love about your city?

3. What is the best thing happening in your city today?

4. What are your city’s biggest challenges?

5. Who is your city not serving?

6. What is the worst thing that could happen to your city?

7. What are the solutions that your city needs to implement?

8. How are people changing the future of your city?

9. What do you hope for your city in the next 20 years?

10. Ask your own question about your city.

If you’d like to sign up, it’s not too late. Find more information about the project, it’s background, aims and objectives on Facebook,  www.onedayintwincities.org, and on the main website.