
Marion Cloete, a university-trained therapist, along with her husband and two daughters, fearlessly walked away from a privileged life in a wealthy Johannesburg suburb to establish Boikarabelo (formerly Botshabelo), an extraordinary village and school that provide shelter, food, and education to more than 550 South African children.... (Full plot summary below)
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Marion Cloete, a university-trained therapist, along with her husband and two daughters, fearlessly walked away from a privileged life in a wealthy Johannesburg suburb to establish Boikarabelo (formerly Botshabelo), an extraordinary village and school that provide shelter, food, and education to more than 550 South African children.
Leave your thoughts about Angels in the Dust.
| Seattle TimesJeff ShannonIt thoughtfully illuminates a seemingly unsolvable problem while proving that one person really can make a difference. |
| L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorHogarth creates such a complete and satisfying world in the village that when her camera pans away to a forest of tiny graves in a Soweto cemetery, it's a necessary shock to realize that Cloete's haven is one happy drop in an ocean of suffering. |
| Eye for FilmAmber WilkinsonIn essence, the story of the indomitable nature of the human spirit, the resilience and commitment of a few to help the many and a triumph of hope in adversity. |
| Washington PostNeely TuckerA moving, stunning example of unadorned filmmaking. |
| Los Angeles Daily NewsBob StraussAngels in the Dust is a troubling documentary for obvious reasons...but it's also a bit disturbing for reasons director Louise Hogarth may not have noticed. |
| OregonianMarc MohanAngels in the Dust shows that compassion is a form of bravery. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill WhiteAn inspiring portrait of a saint battling for the lives of the sick and forsaken in a frightened and superstitious world. |
| User ReviewDenny CI discovered the poorest and most abused of urban children worldwide when I saw a screening of Pixote shortly after getting out of college. Although not easily available these days, the images of that film still haunt me years later. Although not quiet as harsh, and although quite a bit more hopeful, this documentary tells a story of love and hope and joy (and possibly triumph) despite the devastation of the AIDS epidemic in Africa, in this case South Africa. You won't be shocked beyond recognition as you might have been if you saw City of God, but you will be moved as the children tell their stories of loss and of grief. One woman and her family have brought hope where there is little cause for it and the filmmaker chronicles life in the community that they have established in Johannesburg to care for and to perhaps heal the children of AIDS. Two thumbs up for this effort and for the film and for the filmmaker. On a personal note, if there is a cause where our war waging resources should be diverted, I think that that cause is the rescue of the abandoned children of our 3rd world urban centers and the orphaned children of the AIDS epidemic in Africa. |
| User ReviewLaura AFantastic and devastating. Makes you want to do more with your life. |
| User ReviewPrivate UYou have to have a heart of stone not to love this. |