Seven years ago, Milton Ochieng' became the first person from his village in Kenya to receive a college scholarship in the United States. There was only one problem: His family could not afford the airfare. So neighbors in Lwala sold their cows, took out personal loans and raised nine hundred dollars.
"Sons of Lwala" documentary premiers at Vanderbilt University
Published March 27, 2008
"Sons of Lwala," a film directed and produced by Pulitzer Center grantee Barry Simmons, follows two brothers from Kenya as they build their village's first clinic in dedication to their father who died of AIDS. The film premiered on March 27, 2008 at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center.
The film was recently featured at the 39th Annual Nashville Film Festival where it won the Audience Award For Best Narrative Feature, the Tennessee Independent Spirit Award for the Best Feature-Length Film Directed By a Tennessee Resident and the NPT (Nashville Public Television) Human Spirit Award.
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Pulitzer Center grantee Barry Simmon's documentary, "Sons of Lwala," will be recognized by ABC World News Tonight, January 30, 2009.
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