I Am Because We Are (2008) on Netflix
NR20081h 30mDocumentary
Malawi has more than a million orphans, among them children who lost parents to AIDS and now live on the streets. Raising Malawi, a charity, works to improve conditions for them.
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Plot summary
An estimated half a million children in Malawi have lost a parent to AIDS, and the country counts more than a million orphans. Many of them live on the streets. The documentary goes into their lives and follows the efforts of Raising Malawi, a charitable organization, to improve conditions for them. It draws on the African philosophy of Ubuntu, which holds that a person is only a person through other people; in Malawi this idea is known as uMunthu. Alongside the hardship of extreme poverty, it records hope and the solutions people have found. A companion book of photographs taken during the visit was released, and its proceeds were to be donated to Raising Malawi.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about I Am Because We Are (2008)
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- The film's title comes from a speech by former archbishop of Cape Town and anti-apartheid activist Desmond Tutu about the African philosophy of Ubuntu, the idea that "I am because we are".
