ACTIVITY 2: MOVIE REVIEW; THE GOOD LIE

ED 124

1.What is the film about?

* The film is all about the sudanese people , showing their hardships, sacrifices and how they
cope up. Their parents were killed by the soldiers when they were young over religions and
resources. Four Sudanese children are orphaned after their village is massacred in the Second
Sudanese Civil War.They have to strive to survive without their parents by their side. Everyday
they have to walk and find food as well as the crucial one , the water which gives us the means
to live. Till they reach Kenya which was named as Sudan refugees. Thirteen years later they're
given the opportunity to travel to the U.S and settle there for good. And how they cope up with
20th century america.

Moreover , I would like to add the message I get upon watching that movie and that is there is
hope in darkness. Have your faith be unwavering . Also giving what you have for someone else
as selflessness is really an attribute. Respect each other's race , religion and whatsoever for it
will lead us to have a better place to live in.

2. Describe a situation when you felt out of place in a group.

* I remember when I was young, specifically when I was in elementary school I didn't have any
friends at all. I wasn't born with a silver spoon and my father is very alcoholic, like everyday he
got drunk, ranting in the streets at midnight until dawn. Bragging about that he is so wealthy and
that he had a very beautiful daughter and handsome son. That's why when I go to school my
classmates used to tease me or should I say I was bullied. I am afraid to go to school because I
felt like I dont belong there, I don't belong in that circle and I couldn't find a place where I think I
belong. Not just my classmates who bullied me but other people as well, I used to hear them
saying when I passed by and people were murmuring like” that's the daughter of that alcoholic
man who bragged about having a beautiful daughter where in fact she is so ugly”. I'm so down
everyday. I even wished my father would be dead thinking that would put an end to everything
I've been through. How bad and insane I am to wish that before. Elementary school I've got no
friends because of that and I don't belong there , in the place where my weakness and feelings
were being laughed at and invalidated.

3. What did you do to be accepted by others?

* I didn't do anything. Elementary school days I had no friends and I'm fine with that. The only
person I can talk to in school is my younger brother and I know he feels the same as I feel. I
accepted everything that I am ugly and that I don't have a good father to be proud of but I leave
everything to God’s hands and let him do his will on me. Up until I graduated in Elementary
school and I transferred to another school till then I have friends because we felt the same. We
have a very alcoholic father and I understand her the same way as she understands me. I
accepted who I am to be accepted by others. And sometimes I told my father my sufferings and
that he should change in a well mannered way. And I pray to God that my father would totally
change into a good father as it's never too late to be a father to us.

4. Name 1 hardship the children went through.

* I think it would be being an orphan . It's hard battling through life's challenges without your
parents guiding you. I’m not an orphan but for the past years I felt like one . My father has never
been a father to us. He has his own way of living, spending his own money for alcoholic drinks
while my mother is so busy taking care of my other siblings and working not a permanent job to
give us something to eat. Oftentimes we only eat twice a day. My mothers attention was never
on me. I struggled hard , remembering my past for once I didn't remember my mother attending
any parents meeting at school. I didn't have that kind of mother who guided her daughter
emotionally. But I'm grateful and thankful to my mother though because I understand her.

5. Which right of the child based on PD 603 should be experienced by the children?
Name only 1.
*I think it would be Article 3 no.(10) Every child has the right to the care, assistance, and
protection of the State, particularly when his parents or guardians fail or are unable to provide
him with his fundamental needs for growth, development, and improvement.