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so yesterday for english class, we had a supply teacher. as a result we ended up watching the documentary called "invisible children."

and my goodness, i think that's a documentary people have to see.

it's a documentary that talks about the reality of the disasters in sudan, through the eyes of 3 random boys with a camera they bought off of ebay.

now i'm not a big personal fan of documentaries, because most of the time they just tell about "this happened"'s and "that happened"'s. most of the time, that doesn't appeal to me. but this was different. this documentary, in short, called for action, called for urgency.

one of the parts that i think got to me the most was the end, the "part where the credits are supposed to roll." in place of the credits, they wrote a message, asking for our help in spreading awareness, in financial ways, in using our talents and walk the talk. after the documentary, both my friend and i looked at each other and said, "that was intense."

she began to say something like "i should write a play for that documentary." and i said things like "i'll write a song for them." and i think it's a good idea.

the reason the documentary was called "invisible children" was because the boys who travelled to sudan had come up with the statement that it was a sad thing that so many of the beautiful faces that go through the tragedies there seem to be over looked, or invisible.

it's such a sad thing that the north american culture seems to be so horribly pampered, to the point where catastrophes like the ones in sudan are overlooked. all that's on the news today is "this soldier died" and not "there is a genocide in this country." though of course the grievance of a soldier is deserved, but why completely shove sudan's problems (and other countries too) under the rug? why toss them aside as if every face on that country is as easy as crumpling and tossing away a piece of art?

i guess with our selfishness and ignorance, a lot of things are unaware. God, give us a wake up call to the least of these.

"I'll follow you into the world"