Overview
Winner of both the Jury and Audience Awards for Best Documentary at Sundance this year, Blood Brother explores the motivations of Rocky Braat, a young American working at a care centre for women and children affected by HIV and AIDS in India. Idealism prompts his initial trip to India but unlike many others who have taken this path, he chooses to return indefinitely to the centre. This time he takes his best friend and filmmaker Steve Hoover to document his experience.
As far as Steve knew Rocky didn't even like kids so at first he is taken aback when he sees how affectionate and at ease he is around the children. This bond he shares with the children means it is especially hard to watch when some of the them succumb to their disease. But Blood Brother is not all about sadness. There are many moments of light and joy; the look on the children’s faces when their "big brother" Rocky returns to India will move even the most hardened cynic.
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