Escape from Luanda

i really enjoyed this film. it was young and fresh. the students were easy to relate to and their cander about their situation was honest and refreshing. They interacted as any friends would. It presented them with a drive for the arts, not a cry for pitty or help. They had excepted their situation and surroundings and were doing the best they could with it. it was very respectable. the image of luanda itself was one that i know to be true, but rarely see. the flies on the meat  was a powerful image. watching the woman barter for insect ridden meat for her family was very sad. A mother out of an abusive relationship with children to provide for is something that isn't exclusive to women from africa. It provided some hope for people who ca think they are all alone, when really things reoccur all over the world. The girl was positive and as a viewer it was easy to believe in her, and hope for the best. this movie was easy to sit through but I felt the measure of the desolation they lived in.