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There is nothing more heartwarming than a story where a person is willing to give up the finer things in life to help those less fortunate. Angels in the Dust highlights one family that was willing to do just that (Oprah should have featured her on The Big Give as a story of inspiration).
Marion Cloete, a university-trained therapist, with her husband and three daughters— left a privileged life in a wealthy Johannesburg suburb to build Botshabelo, an extraordinary village and school that provides shelter, food, and education to more than 550 South African children.
The film highlights the selfless nature with which the family has embraced the orphans, treating all of them like their own and dealing with their issues the same way anyone in a family would.
The children are cute and full of energy and the joy you see in their faces is unmistakable. This is a great documentary with lots of lessons for all.
2 Responses to “Angels in the Dust”
Mwangi - the Displaced African says:
April 24th, 2008 at 7:38 am
What I wonder is, have any of these aid organizations and initiatives, noble as they are, had the wealth creating, poverty-eliminating, condition-improving effect that was promised or even when compared with the decolonization and civil rights movements?
It just seems to me that there are so many well staffed, well funded initiatives which have films made about them, but yet have never heard of any African constituency that is now living in wealth and self-sufficiency as a result of an aid organization.
Perhaps I am looking in the wrong places, I don’t know……….
Louise says:
April 25th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Hello, I am the director of Angels if you have a chance please go to my website to see the DO Ubuntu Orphan Bracelet Campaign inspired by the children. BTY this film was not made about an AIDS organization. AIDS organizations have saved a lot of lives and do great work. You can also view the director’s trailer on my site and buy a copy of the film. Take care, louise
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