1. Osama (PG-13)-the first film done in Afghanastan since the Taliban ruled. Osama was a girl who posed as a boy to feed her family. That is the only way she could have worked to put bread on the table. What a sad story about only one widow and her family during the terrible Taliban time in Afghanistan. This shows the horrors of how the Taliban treat women.
2. The Syrian Bride (2004)-shows how difficult life is when governments fight over land. This bride could never return to her home land once she has crossed into Syria.
3. Children of Heaven (PG)-This is a beautiful story in Iran of a brother caring for his sister by sharing his shoes with her.
4. To Live (1994)-This story is set in China during 4 decades of one man who survives a tragic life. He wants to live, but he loses so many loved ones during this time. It is a tragedy that I loved because of the survival that one faces in a lifetime in China. Fugui begins rich, then gambles it all away, but to be happy that he was not rich when the communists came to take over.
I am amazed at the depth that these films show us. How we can live and survive through much turmoil. How we need to be grateful for what we have. And, how we need to help in any way that we can throughout the world.
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