movies. i love them. and thanks to an awesome birthday present from my best friend, i'll be drowning in them for the next four months. (netflix is the best thing since twist-off yoo-hoo tops.) if i'm not at work or sleeping, i'm watching a movie. on the weekend, you can find me under a pile of red dvd mailers and peking wok boxes.
there have been several motion pictures and documentaries made about/set in africa, its struggles and its survival. here are a few that i highly recommend:
1. invisible children (2004) - "hip" doc about the plight of child soldiers and night commuters in northern uganda. another IC doc called "go" comes out fall 2008.
2. ithuteng: never stop learning (2005) - doc about the ithuteng trust school in south africa.
3. god grew tired of us (2006) - pitt/jolie doc about the "lost boys" of sudan and their experience moving to america. quite a mirror for america.
4. angels in the dust (2007) - doc about the cloete family who started an orphanage in south africa. marion cloete is my hero.
5. hotel rwanda (2004)
6. a dry white season (1989)
7. duma (2005) - true story based on the book "how it was with dooms" about a south african family that sort of adopts a cheetah. more lighthearted than the others. the book was dictated by the young son ... good for older kids.
September 10, 2008
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