Sunday, September 30, 2007

Angels in the Dust

Not very well executed documentary about the work of a family who gave up a life of ease and comfort to start an orphanage and school for children in South Africa. They have created a village, of sorts, which encompasses three towns and hundreds of poverty-stricken families. The HIV/AIDS crisis is front and center, as well as the horrible abusive conditions that many women and girls live in. These folks are doing great work, don't get me wrong, and the stories of the children will break your heart, but the editing and the overall cohesion are less than great and it simply doesn't hold up as a movie.

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