We (Qiujing and Dean) are New Zealand documentary producers with an interest in stories that connect the world, and give voices to people who would not otherwise be heard. As directors of Borderless Productions, we learnt about these grandmothers twelve months ago whilst finishing a film for the World Kindness Foundation and realised how tragic it is that we have not heard their story.
Our ultimate vision for the film is that it generates a global Granny Connection Campaign where grandmothers of the world will be connected through financial means, exchange programs, letter writing efforts, granny retreats and fundraising events. Eventually, the world will acknowledge and honour grandmothers regardless of class, religion or race for their unconditional love, wisdom and strength.
Friday, August 18, 2006
About the film and campaign
'A Grandmother's Tribe' is a documentary feature film that captures the lives and voices of a select group of ordinary yet incredible grandmothers in Kenya.
The film's goal is to create a global movement to connect grandmothers around the world by giving a voice to the grandmothers of Africa who struggle everyday to care for the tribes of orphans left behind by parents who are victims to HIV / AIDS.
The grandmothers of Africa are the unsung heroes in a society crippled by poverty and disease. The normal cycle of African life is being turned on its head as parents in their twenties and thirties are being killed by HIV/AIDS and hunger leaving behind as many as 30 children in the care of the surviving grandmother. At risk of being left to die alone in their homes, these children have one last stop – their grandmothers’ homes and hearts.
'A Grandmother’s Tribe' will, for the first time ever, give the grandmothers of Africa a voice. It will not only touch the hearts of grandmothers around the world, but also anyone who has or has had a grandmother. It is a story of love, tenderness, courage and loss.
The film's goal is to create a global movement to connect grandmothers around the world by giving a voice to the grandmothers of Africa who struggle everyday to care for the tribes of orphans left behind by parents who are victims to HIV / AIDS.
The grandmothers of Africa are the unsung heroes in a society crippled by poverty and disease. The normal cycle of African life is being turned on its head as parents in their twenties and thirties are being killed by HIV/AIDS and hunger leaving behind as many as 30 children in the care of the surviving grandmother. At risk of being left to die alone in their homes, these children have one last stop – their grandmothers’ homes and hearts.
'A Grandmother’s Tribe' will, for the first time ever, give the grandmothers of Africa a voice. It will not only touch the hearts of grandmothers around the world, but also anyone who has or has had a grandmother. It is a story of love, tenderness, courage and loss.
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