Angeline’s Story: Before and After

https://vimeo.com/51001040 At just 10 years old, Angeline has already suffered the anguish of losing both of her parents. Her mother died from AIDS when Angeline was only four, then her father abandoned…

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Honoring the Widows

At the end of her life, with her children grown and years of hard work to her credit, a South Asian widow rarely receives the love and respect usually reserved for elders.…

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A Prisoner Set Free

As he walked out the prison doors and breathed the fresh air of freedom, Ibrahim should have felt only relief, but his perilous position was hard to forget. Six months ago, he’d…

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3 Minutes in a Dalit Village

https://vimeo.com/51935332 The word Dalit literally means "broken", "crushed" or "oppressed". In Hindu society, Dalits are at the lowest rung of the ladder. The vast majority of them are impoverished, exploited and powerless…

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Real Life Hero

https://vimeo.com/44486158   Would you sacrifice everything you knew and loved to live in a slum in South Asia? By definition, a slum is a densely urban area marked by extreme poverty, filth…

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Someone to Understand

How would she care for her children? How would she provide for their needs? Would she be forced to beg? Or worse? As Taanusiya processed the news of her husband’s sudden death,…

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