Film Festival Part 1

This past week was the Nashville Film Festival. I got to see a couple of good documentaries, which I will tell you about in 2 parts. The first one we saw was "Sons of Lwala" about two college students from Kenya who were sent to America to go to college from their little village of Lwala. The community's residents all sold property to raise money for the brothers, Fred and Milton Ocheing, to come to Dartmouth for college. After college, they both came to Nashville to attend Vanderbilt Medical School. They had a dream to build a medical clinic in their village, and after their father's death they were determined to see it through in his memory. The movie chronicles their journey as they try to raise the funds to build, supply, and staff the clinic. It really is amazing what communities can do together-and the people of Lwala get that in way you don't see a lot here in America. The brothers are so charming ans sweet, it's no wonder that as they traveled to churches, colleges, sporting events, etc. to promote their vision and raise money that people were fascinated by their story and their determination not to forget about where they came from. You can read more about them and their inspiring stories at

www.sonsoflwala.com and www.lwalacommunityalliance.org/