I told Robinah I’d help her out. She was in a desperate situation. Robinah is a single parent of four children who also supports her HIV infected mother and a crippled orphan. For the past ...
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Permaculture
[vimeo 13228877] Permaculture is the philosophy and practice of sustainable living. This documentary presents the ideology’s 14 principles. Agricultural systems are designed to mimic Mother Nature. Subsistence farmers from Kiwangala and Lukindu Villages of Uganda ...
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The Revealed Truth Part 8: The Resurrection
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-1p8ym1OVY&searchbar=0&iv_load_policy=3&ap=%2526fmt%3D18] The ascension scene returns The Revealed Truth back to the AIDS ravaged fishing village from Part 1. After wading out of Lake Victoria, I remarked to the play’s producer that the footage from the ...
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The Revealed Truth Part 7: The Crucifixion
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBDpN8hi3bI&searchbar=0&iv_load_policy=3&ap=%2526fmt%3D18] The play stopped being a play and started to feel real. The crowd began to participate. Some cheered on the soldiers. Others were shocked to see the flogged Jesus covered in pig’s blood. The crown of ...
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The Revealed Truth Part 6: Mob Justice
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia9_dJsAXPY&searchbar=0&iv_load_policy=3&ap=%2526fmt%3D18] I wanted to give the garden scene a little character so I added some flowers and a monkey. A Dutch carpenter named Wilfred did the primate sound effects. I saw two monkeys in Kiwangala. ...
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The Revealed Truth Part 5: The Last Supper
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQVNpExOHFs&searchbar=0&iv_load_policy=3&ap=%2526fmt%3D18] All of the actors in the Lazarus scene come from families that have been directly affected by the AIDS virus. In fact, no family has been able to escape the disease in Kiwangala. Funerals ...
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The Revealed Truth Part 4: Let the Little Children Come to Me
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00D3bz2WDgE&searchbar=0&iv_load_policy=3&ap=%2526fmt%3D18] This chapter of The Revealed Truth opens up with some classic bargaining by Judas. Ugandans love to make a deal. Judas may seem overacting here, but I would get just as expressive trying to ...
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The Revealed Truth Part 3: Good Samaritans
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNtvm2Kd6Vo&searchbar=0&iv_load_policy=3&ap=%2526fmt%3D18] Even though it’s not a speaking role, my friend Godfrey does a great job getting into character as the leper. Godfrey was one of my students at the local secondary school. He is also ...
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The Revealed Truth Part 2: Cross Culture Shock
The crowd gathers as the play gets going. Not many people can afford cars, but many have bicycles. This is a parking lot for them and the kid in the suit on the left is ...
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The Revealed Truth Part 1: Shepherds and Fishermen
The Archangel Gabriel rouses the shepherds awake, but the cows in the background are not part of the scene. A herdsman decided to graze them in the field while he watched the performance. During filming, ...
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