When I was a freshmen in High School I saw a Movie called The Invisible children. The entire movie was made by three guys who wanted to show people like you and I what was going on in Africa. There is a war going on that has been for 17 years. Every time I re-watch the movie and it breaks my heart. There are thousands of children that hide each night in fear that they will get abducted and forced to fight a bloody war. They are threatened and starved and even killed because crying is not allowed in the Rebel Army. The African government does nothing to change the terror. There is a part at the end of the movie. The narrator says people of American have said not to compare our streets to the streets of Africa. I don't understand how America became so selfish or ignorant. When I was a junior in high school my art class dedicated a show to Darfur and the Invisible Children. I remember fighting with my step mom over my project. I wanted to make a mosaic with images of the children in the shape of a gun. She forbid it, said it was to violent, I got so mad. I nineteen can not tell you how to take the safety off a gun and children at the age of five in Africa can load, cock, and kill someone with a gun. I ended up doing the same project but made it a skull and cross bones. My teacher too, was upset that I was not allowed to make the original piece of art. Nate Henn a member of the organization died July 11 of this year. If you would like to read about this wonderful man click here. I one day am determined to live a life like his. Dedicated to helping the unheard. I hope this movie moves you the way it has me. Note: this movie is not for the weak, I do not own any of the videos. We Americans complain, but we forget how truly blessed we are. Each movie below is in order 1-6 and is about 40 minutes together, I hope you watch it.
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