Watch “The Butterfly Circus” and feel the hope
Posted on 26. Feb, 2010 by kchristieh in movies
The Doorpost Film Project is a short film contest with seven categories every year: Authenticity, Community, Sacrifice, Commitment, Truth, Identity and Hope. Entries must be less than seven minutes long, and focus on one of the seven categories.
I watched the finalists from last year’s contest, and I agree that The Butterfly Circus deserved to win. Gather the family around and watch this thought-provoking, uplifting film about what happens when some travelers come upon a Depression-era freak show and befriend a man with no limbs. It’s a wonderful illustration of how we’re all worthy of being loved and forgiven.
If I were running a film competition, I’d want to run it like the Doorpost. Their mission is to seek truth, honor creativity, serve visionaries, build community and share discoveries. Their website says that they allow the finalists to meet each other and the Doorpost staff, and that their events have “marked the beginning of various creative and professional partnerships among filmmakers as well.” It sounds like they’re not stereotypical Hollywood bloodsuckers.
Speaking of freak shows, yesterday I heard someone on NPR compare the animal shows at SeaWorld to 19th century freak shows. I’ll admit that I’ve enjoyed my share of SeaWorld shows and 3-ring circuses, but I’d never looked at them that way. I think he’s right, and hopefully the other day will open peoples’ eyes so that we do right by orcas, elephants, and other animals who live in inadequate conditions so that they might be available to entertain humans. I’ll keep this in mind when I watch the DVD of The Cove that we received from Netflix.
It’s not often you come across a blog post that changes your life. Thank you so much for sharing that video with me. It was extremely inspiring.