A Recycled Life

El Sitio was showing the film "A Recycled Life," and we knew we had to see it. It was nominated for best short documentary of the year and is about the 1700 or so people (babies, kids, mothers, old people) who live and work in the enormous landfill in Guatemala City. It is also about a young American woman (from Maine) who came to Antigua to study Spanish, saw the dump and the people who live there, and never left, working continuously to help these people. It is an absolutely incredible story. I will not tell you more, because it is really important that you SEE this film, even if you think the subject is not something you want to think about. I will be taking a survey (or why don't I just watch for comments here) to see who has seen it and to hear your reactions. I believe you can read more about it at www.safepassage.org. It´s available on DVD, along with the additional footage added after the Academy Awards.