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Originally Posted by reggaenaut
The exposure of the dire poverty was shocking to me. This was filmed in one of India's "booming" city. By the way the South Bronx is far cry from the former "South Bronx".
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I guess that's part of the reason why it garnered so much praise, and that's sad in many ways. Slums and shanty towns like that exist in many places around the world, Rio, Mexico City, and I'm sure in China, Asia, and Africa. Remember years ago when there were those vigilante death squads in the slums of Rio hunting down the herds of wild children who were attacking and in some cases killing tourists?
Hopefully films like this will open some folks eyes to how well off we really are here and help people realize that every child doesn't have his own room with a cell phone and PS3? It's amazing how insulated we can be from the realities of other cultures and countries even with all the cable channels ramming visuals down our throats daily.
