The Third Wave

Jared and I were able to go see an independent film Sunday with our friends Corey and Kimberly. He got tickets from work (The Red Cross). I had no idea what to expect. The theater was at The Director's Guild in LA. The festival was The City of Angels Film Festival. The guy running the whole festival was really nice and introduced the movie and said we would have some people from the film to answer questions after the movie. The movie started and I began to wonder who would be there after the film.

The entire movie was a about a few people's journey to Sri Lanka after the Tsunami in 2004. They each had the guts to pick up a first aid kit and fly to Sri Lanka not knowing where they would end up. All they knew was that they had to go there to help. The directors of the film (and main two volunteers) were from New York and one hilarious volunteer was from Australia. They all ended up in a village and set up a small first aid station there. To make a long story short, they all ended up staying there for 5 months, a lot of crazy stuff happens while they are there, and then the directors of the film ended up going back for two more years. They were not intending to make a movie from the footage they took, but it is such a powerful and life-changing story, that they had to spread the word about what happened and is still happening in this village. The directors ended up being the people there to answer questions after the film. It was so crazy to see these people in the flesh after watching what they had been through in the movie. I don't want to give away too much of the movie because I hope it will eventually get funding to open in theaters across the country and you can see it too! But, in the meantime, please visit their website!

The Third Wave Movie

I am still processing the film and how I have been effected by it. I no longer care to see something, be effected emotionally, but not change anything in my life. More to come!