A Small Act
A single gesture. Limitless possibilities.
SALE: | $5.59 |
List Price: |
|
You Save: | $24.36 (81% Off) |
Available:
Usually ships in 2-4 business days
Brand New
|
DVD Details
- Run Time: 1 hours, 28 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Originally Released: 2010
- Label: Docurama
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Directed by | Jennifer Arnold | |
Composition by | Joel Goodman |
Entertainment Reviews:
There is a very simple and very persuasive idea at the heart of this documentary from Jennifer Arnold: that every small act of kindness causes ripples, setting in motion a cascade of other good deeds.
Sight and Sound
A quiet, affecting, affirmative film.
Full Review
Guardian
3 stars out of 5 -- A SMALL ACT will serve as a quality calling card for Arnold and act as a bold reminder that few causes are as important as children struggling for an education.
Box Office
Rating: 2/5 --
More of a telethon-ready fund-raiser than a work of dramatic reportage.
Full Review
Time Out
Rating: 3/5 --
Palpably sincere and quietly moving.
London Evening Standard
Rating: 3/5 --
Jennifer Arnold's heartfelt and idealistic documentary celebrates the remarkable effect of a small - actually, not so small - act of altruism.
Full Review
Guardian
A Small Act is about making a difference, no matter how small or insignificant and the ripple effect it can have.
Full Review
Behind The Lens
Product Description:
Two people separated by continents and cultures are linked by an act of generosity that changed a life for the better in this documentary. Chris Mburu was born to a Kenyan family mired in poverty, and in a nation where families must pay for their children to attend school, his academic history would have ended early if it weren't for Hilde Back. Back was a schoolteacher from Sweden who, through a charitable organization, donated $15 a month to support Mburu's schooling. Back and Mburu knew little about one another, but her small monthly stipend allowed him to finish school with excellent marks, and he went on to receive a degree from Harvard and became a lawyer. Today, Mburu works for the United Nations as part of a legal team that battles discrimination and genocide through the courts, but he hasn't forgotten the village where he was born or the donations that made his success possible. Mburu has established a scholarship foundation to help young people in the Third World continue their education, and the foundation has been named for Hilde Back as a reminder of the positive consequences of small acts of compassion. Filmmaker Jennifer Arnold tells Chris Mburu's remarkable true-life story and records the first meeting between him and his benefactor Hilde Back in the documentary A SMALL ACT, which received its world premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
Similar Products
Formats:
Genres:
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 57,232
- UPC: 767685244098
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
- International Shipping: 1 item
Suicide (Uncensored Director's Cut) (Clean Cover) (German,...
TOP 25 Bestselling DVD
99¢ on Sale
(18,000+)
Elvira's Movie Macabre - Doomsday Machine / Werewolf of...
TOP 25 Bestselling DVD
$5 Super Savings
(7)
Legend's Drive-In Double Feature: Exploitation Film Night!:...
TOP 25 Bestselling DVD
$5 Super Savings
(21,000+)