Like the Humane Society ads with Sarah McLachlan whining in the background, I was actually afraid to watch a documentary like this.
But it was so incredibly, sensitively and beautifully filmed, scored and produced that I am speechless. It is IMO a damn near perfect documentary.
The exposition of the stories of just three of the 50,000 children in the camp was skillfully done--but so, so real. I don't know how they got this footage from these children. It was obvious they were confronting their memories for the first times --in all three cases.
But the nationwide music and dance competition was exactly what both the viewer and the children were in need of--relief from pain.
I am in awe of what has been done here. I leave it with just one question: What can *I* do?
But it was so incredibly, sensitively and beautifully filmed, scored and produced that I am speechless. It is IMO a damn near perfect documentary.
The exposition of the stories of just three of the 50,000 children in the camp was skillfully done--but so, so real. I don't know how they got this footage from these children. It was obvious they were confronting their memories for the first times --in all three cases.
But the nationwide music and dance competition was exactly what both the viewer and the children were in need of--relief from pain.
I am in awe of what has been done here. I leave it with just one question: What can *I* do?