Ironweed Film Club No. 12: The boys of Baraka/Ryan’s Well
February 28, 2011Ironweed Film Club No. 12: The Boys of Baraka/ Ryan’s Well
Call Number: IWFC_no 12
by: Heidi E Ewing; Rachel Grady; Lalita Krishna; Lila Pace; Loki Films, LLC.; Independent Television Service.; P.O.V. (Firm).; American Documentary, Inc.; Act Now Productions.; Ironweed Film Club.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Publisher: [San Francisco, CA.] : Act Now Productions ; [Los Angeles, CA.] : Ironweed Film Club, [2006].
Notes: Issue: November 2006 (109 mins.); Contains 1 Feature Film, 1 Short, and Director’s Commentary and other special features;
Summary: Follows a group of 12-year-old boys from the most violent ghettos of Baltimore to the Baraka School, an experimental boarding school in rural Kenya, where children live by strict guidelines, yet are given the freedom to grow. Short film: Ryan’s well: 7-year-old Ryan Hreljac is called to action when he learns that his pen pal Jimmy’s village in Uganda has no access to clean water. What starts with asking his mother for seventy dollars to help build a well turns into a community effort to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars toward clean water in Africa.
Summary: Follows a group of 12-year-old boys from the most violent ghettos of Baltimore to the Baraka School, an experimental boarding school in rural Kenya, where children live by strict guidelines, yet are given the freedom to grow. Short film: Ryan’s well: 7-year-old Ryan Hreljac is called to action when he learns that his pen pal Jimmy’s village in Uganda has no access to clean water. What starts with asking his mother for seventy dollars to help build a well turns into a community effort to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars toward clean water in Africa.
OCLC #: 173147831
Added: February 28, 2011
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
