A Recommendation (Sorry. I normally don't do this)

Last night, when Dave was out enjoying a meal at the Jamieson's place and I was curled up on the couch attempting to keep down chicken soup, I happened across the most incredible documentary.

Perhaps you have seen it, perhaps you have heard of it: It's called 'Born into Brothels' and it won the doco oscar in 2004. This fact I did not realise till just then as I was 'surfing' the net to try and find everything I could about the incredible show I watched last night.

I'm not too sure why I watched it. I think perhaps someone had once mentioned wanting to see it once, but I can not remember who. But as soon as I watched one minute of it, there was no way I was changing channels or going to bed. It's a BBC funded doco which is essentially about an American photographer living in Calcutta, who tries to educate the children of prostitutes by getting them to take photographs of their environment. I won't go into too much as that would ruin it, but their stories are incredible, their photos actually really good and.... well.... it’s just so moving. India is the most chaotic place I can think of, and you are thrown into the dark heart of one of its largest city's red-light districts and you see the circumstances that these beautiful children simply accept. Needless to say, being the sop that I am and the mood I was in when I watched this last night, meant that I had a few teary moments. But these tears were for both incredibly sad moments and truly inspiring ones There is a scene when the children are driven in a bus all day so that they can see the ocean for the first time. It’s pretty special. But this is not only an incredibly emotional film, it is also so very interesting. There are a million aspects to India, and I enjoy being able to see one with such clarity.

Anyway - I've gone on enough - I only meant to say that I something I thoroughly enjoyed last night, and if you get the chance to watch it - drop everything - it's the best 1 1/2 hours of film you will see in a long time.