CCH's very own Cinematography teacher Stan Fisher is working on this great documentary that is both an optimistic eye opener and a breath of fresh air for changing our world's path beginning with each individual.
I want to know your reactions to this in regards to what you think it will be about, whether or not the trailer makes you want to see it, and what can be added or improved.
I personally admire their ambition to attempt something so universally involving, but with this attempt will come a lot more expectations from us, the audience. I've seen documentaries similar to this and I feel they all succeed in getting the word out and getting their point across that change begins with us. But, I often find myself half empty instead of half full because it sparks that motivation in us without providing us with the tangible resources and physical solutions to these problems...so they remain as these great ideas that appear so grand and overbearing that we lose that spark immediately and get brought back to our own personal realities, where the world is so big and the thought of reaching out and impacting it is an impossibility.
I want to repeat that I did admire the message in this film, and maybe my initial thought on its universal themes being too broad is just from my experience of being disappointed by prior films that tried to bring the idea full circle, but failed. I think as humans we all believe that the world will change and become better by itself, and we'll give our contributions but we can't invest all of our precious time in doing so... But I do have high hopes for this film, because it at least gets us to think positively and promotes the power each individual can really make.
I will end with my favorite quote from the trailer that sums up my beliefs and perspective on the world and its inhabitants.
"One day we'll wake up and discover we are family."
-Desmond Tutu
