Beyond Borders
Movies March 16th, 2008
Heartwarming movie on TV 3 last night, and why it was financially unsuccessful I can only imagine. People throw a blind eye to this ongoing suffering in these poor countries. It is better to not know, better to not see what is happening in the “dark side” of life. We are all chasing after our financial independence and we dont like to feel guilty about it.
But open up your eyes world and see what is truly happening out there, what true courage is and what true suffering is. To have hunger pains, to watch your little child almost being devoured alive by a vulture or other deathly hungry adult. To have your little boy / girl being thrown a hand grenade to play with. To see a woman being operated on without anesthetics. The pure hunger and poverty, to have no hope but only hope.
This movie struck more than just a cord in my heart. It made me grateful for everything I own, it made feel very guilty for eating myself so full sometimes that I feel uncomfortable. It made me feel like a fool for always wanting more and better. I am ashamed.
I think we should all give something towards feeding another person, or even their little children. Especially those living with so much money they don’t know what to do with it. I think we suck world !!
Beyond Borders is an epic tale of the turbulent romance between two star-crossed lovers set against the backdrop of the world’s most dangerous hot spots. Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie stars as Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984. She is married to Henry Bauford (Linus Roache) son of a wealthy British industrialist, when she encounters Nick Callahan (Clive Owen) a renegade doctor, whose impassioned plea for help to support his relief efforts in war-torn Africa moves her deeply. As a result, Sarah embarks upon a journey of discovery that leads to danger, heartbreak and romance in the far corners of the world.
From Wikipedia -
Beyond Borders was a 2003 movie about aid workers, starring Angelina Jolie and Clive Owen. Although well-intentioned, and reflecting Jolie’s real-life interest in promoting humanitarian relief, the film was critically and financially unsuccessful. Concurrently with the release of the film, Jolie published Notes from My Travels, a collection of journal entries from her real-life experiences as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees — similar to what the character she plays in the movie does.
Notes from her travels:
Notes from My Travels is a collection of journal excerpts kept by actress Angelina Jolie in 2001-2002 detailing her experiences travelling to troubled Third World regions in her role as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
The book was published in 2003, concurrent with the release of Beyond Borders, a film in which she plays a character who also becomes a goodwill ambassador for the UNHCR. It was also during the timeframe of writing these journals that Jolie adopted her Cambodian-born son, Maddox.
Notes from My Travels details Jolie’s visits to Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Pakistan, Cambodia, and Ecuador.
Jolie donated her proceeds from the book to the UNHCR.
please visit http://www.elros.altervista.org/aj/notesenglish.htm !!!!!!!!
The ratio of staff members to people of concern to UNHCR: 1 staff member per 3,582 refugees. This book is dedicated to them: to their hard work and most of all their dedication and deep respect for their fellow man. I also dedicate this book to the men, women, and children who are now or have once been refugees: to those who have survived against remarkable odds and to those who did not, those who died fighting for their freedom.
These people have taught me my greatest life lessons and for that I am forever grateful.
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