I was ordered not to go out to Abu Ghraib after dark early on, because Abu Ghraib was extremely dangerous.
Of course, a positive growth rate might be taken as evidence that a population is below its optimum.
Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you're a director. Everything after that you're just negotiating your budget and your fee.

