Roger Ebert published his annual list of top ten documentaries earlier this month. What a pleasure to see that he has included A Small Act! Released by HBO Documentary Films in January 2010, this film by Jennifer Arnold will be of interest to those considering global partnerships and service learning in Kenya.
This is the story of Chris Mburu, a United Nations human rights advocate, Hilde Back, the Swedish sponsor of his primary and secondary school education, and a scholarship program that Mburu has founded in her name. The film follows several children competing to participate in the scholarship program and, in the process, gives us a small window on living in rural Kenya and on the country's nation-wide achievement test for secondary school eligibility. While the issues to which it alludes are complex and troubling, this is an essentially optimistic film that reminds the viewer about the power of relationships, of the individual to make a difference, and of each "small act."
Screenings are being held currently in the U.S. and Canada.
Claudia
This is the story of Chris Mburu, a United Nations human rights advocate, Hilde Back, the Swedish sponsor of his primary and secondary school education, and a scholarship program that Mburu has founded in her name. The film follows several children competing to participate in the scholarship program and, in the process, gives us a small window on living in rural Kenya and on the country's nation-wide achievement test for secondary school eligibility. While the issues to which it alludes are complex and troubling, this is an essentially optimistic film that reminds the viewer about the power of relationships, of the individual to make a difference, and of each "small act."
Screenings are being held currently in the U.S. and Canada.
Claudia
Just discovered: HBO On Demand is showing the film during the month of February: http://www.hboondemand.com/apps/hodschedule/hod/details.do?FID=PMRS236311
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