Love is timeless. Love is transcendental. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things.
While the story of Slumdog Millionaire is a raw account of one slum-reared Mumbai teen who becomes a contestant on the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" and the trauma-drenched life events that help inch him ever closer to the 20 million rupee grand prize, the story is really that of love – which at its purest – is a signature of the divine. This film, which swept eight Oscars including Best Picture of 2008, was devoid of pretense for it depicted the truth of this steadfast bond reified amid squalor and destitution. We meet Jamal and Salaam Malik who were made orphans after an attack by Hindu fanatics on their Mumbai slum. At the tender age of eight and five, they were drawn into a life of unscrupulous panhandling made possible by a Father Fagan character who would purposely blind the best kid singers in the bunch.
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While the story of most Blacks in America is a proverbial rat-race of chasing an all too elusive American dream: a house, a life mate, 2.5 kids, the story of 7 African Americans in the film Blacks Without Borders is an entirely different tale of rich, full life set in stunning South Africa.
“We noticed this trend of African-Americans leaving the U.S. and heading to South Africa to achieve what they couldn’t here,” said Stafford Bailey, filmmaker. “After Nigeria, South Africa is home to the largest number of African-Americans living outside of the U.S. …we wanted to explore why that was.”
Amid the lush green flora, gentle rolling hills and gorgeous multi-story homes decked out with swimming pools carved out of coral stone, wine cellars and city-light views of downtown Johannesburg, we begin to understand a person’s case for the move.