Amber and I have adopted a random practice of watching a foreign film each week. They have been full of beautiful cinematography and meaning. Tonight we got Motorcycle Diaries - a film I had heard much about. Not until afterward did I realized it was about Che Guevara (only after living in Asia and seeing all the Che Guevara memorabilia did I learn about him)
There is a scene where they are climbing a mountain in a rural area and the one guy plops down and says "this is not humanly possible". AT that moment a little indigenous man flies up the mountain with a burden on his back. I laughed out loud and said "SOOOO true" I remember being near the tribes and seeing the old people fly past me with huge loads. =))
The language was a bit unnecessary, but I loved watching how each of them was changed in some way on their journey. I could so relate when they were parting as Fuser is going home he says he needs to think about things for a while "so much injustice..."
On my desk sits sepia pictures of people from my years overseas that impacted me. In the movie he reflects on the people he meets in sepia.
What will be my response to these questions and injustices? I think about Che and then say someone like Mother Theresa. Both dealt with social injustices and impacted society, but in very different manners. Both were revolutionaries, were they not? Lots to think about.
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