So you log onto The Washington Post website and see that the Middle East is sort of going insane. Air strikes. Bombs. 300 dead in two days.
And then you think to yourself, Well thank God I don't know anyone who lives there!
However, I do know people there.
Not only that, but chances are in a few weeks I will be there too.
If the State Department thinks it's safe enough.
You see our government is here to protect us (stop laughing) and they won't let wee little me throw myself into a maelstrom. No matter how much I want to go.
See the ironic thing is that everyone who hears about all this is basically scared for me and telling me not to go. But the whole point of this documentary is to end this kind of violence and hatred. So by not going, I am doing a disservice to the very thing I am trying to create and all that it stands for. By going, I will be aiding in creating a meaningful coda to the story of six young people who are trying to come together and stay together in the face of a climate that almost demands they hate one another.
So come on. I can't be the only altruist out there.
If the ones in power still want me to go, I'm going. I understand the risk. I know the dangers. But I also know how important this is.
There are those who live there. Those six people I filmed over the summer live there. If they live in these kinds of conditions, who am I to say its too dangerous over there just to visit?
That's very brave. Tough call, but if they let you go, good luck!!
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