ARTECHNET

Children of God is a story that swings between documentary and contemplation, shot in Uganda, in a small town surrounded by jungle: Mulajje. Produced by Artechnet,

Children of God is the first documentary by Joan Girbau Xalabarder.

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The documentary tells the story of a tiny town, Mulajje, that receives the visit of a group of strangers from Europe and Asia. These visitors travel there to help the people of the area with socioeconomic development. They mainly travel to this rural area to build a school, provide medical care, share knowledge through classes and, the most important, to live together and share a fragment of their lives during the days they are together. The film unites the children of humanity in a fraternal environment, among any race or wealth discrimination.

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We are all siblings, we are all children of the same God.

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The story focuses in the friendship relationship between people from three different places: Africans, Asians and Europeans. It shows the evolution from being completely unknown to meeting each other and sharing different experiences. These experiences can be more joyful or more complicated. Always treated with respect. In short: the story is about the beauty of the daily moments locals and visitors share, from soul to soul, from human being to human being.

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By avoiding the use of interviews and using a narrator voice over representing the voice of Mulajje, Children of God transforms the social documentary into a meditative film, a kid's tale that easily reaches our heart and soul.

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In Children of God the sensitive spectator will be able to live a human meditation in the heart of Africa. The documentary explores and wanders about love related topics, suggesting questions about the nature of love among human beings. Being so much pain in the world, why would anyone bother even trying to make something about it?

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