Circus w/o borders

Our Circus without Borders lesson provided me with a lot of lessons that DC and the entire world can benefit from. There is a lot of misguided youth in the Washington DC area and other parts of the world that need to get involved in activities that can keep them out of trouble. The Circus took in troubled youths and taught them to believe in themselves and follow their dreams. Guillaume’s community was dealing with a lot of suicides so he created a program that implemented acrobatics to take the children’s mind off of negative things. Yamoussa and his friends used acrobatics and dance to escape the reality of poverty.  This pass time can also take the troubled youths away from their troubles and give them something to be happy about. The movie also showed acceptance to different cultures and encouraged the integration of different races. Men from Guinea and the Igloolik, Nunavut Community were able to join together and be successful. It also teaches children to accept themselves despite what others think of them. Guillaume was being bullied because he did not look like the rest of the Igoolik people. Giving back to the community is another lesson the Circus teaches us. Both Guillaume and Yamoussa go back home and perform shows for their friends and families. Guillaume started a program to give back to his youth. Yamoussa recruited some of his friends who are good in acrobatics to join the circus with him and experience different surroundings. Susan’s collaboration of the two very distinct cultures contributes to her interest in “telling positive stories.” Collaborating two groups of people who are very distant from each other and becoming successful is something that everyone wants to see. There are many stories in the news of different cultures going to war because of their differences or local gangs fighting because they want to be better than one another, but, May’s documentary shows a positive reflection of conjoining two different groups of people. Telling positive stories in the news is important because people need to here good things so they can have hope in humanity.