Black History Film Reviews
Clarence Hogan
Published: February 18, 2012
Black History Film Reviews
In honor of Black History Month the Fam
ily Net Center showed A Small Act" on Saturday at 12:00 noon.
As an impoverished boy in Kenya, Chris Mburu's life was dramatically changed when an anonymous Swedish woman sponsored his primary and secondary education. Now a Harvard-educated human-rights lawyer, he hopes to replicate the generosity he once received by founding his own scholarship fund to aid a new generation. The challenges Mburu faces instituting his new program seem at times insurmountable but lead him down the path to discovery. Who is Hilde Back, the person who signed the checks that gave him a chance to succeed?
Reviews from "A Small Act"
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- "It reinforces my decision to do volunteer work and becoming a mentor to young active minded students and neighborhood youth. It only takes one person to get it started and with guidance to others it can thrive." Ruby Herron
- "This film helped me think about counseling, donating, volunteering to show a way out of poverty." L. Mays
- "I appreciate the knowledge in this film. I was very un-aware of how life is in Kenya. Makes me feel we take way too many things for granted. Appreciate what we have and help others the best we can. " - Wilberta Perry
- I think it's wonderful that people suffer to help others that are suffering in poverty." - A. Mays
- "More projects like this need to be of a greater magnitude. More people need to see and experience something like this so that we would be more willing to help and make their lives better." - Wanda Perry