Pic centers on the children in Malawi who live in poverty due to losing their parents because of AIDS.
- October 15, 2007
AceShowbiz -
Keeps being involved in film-making, Madonna apparently has produced a documentary feature entitled "I Am Because We Are" of which name is derived from Desmond Tutu's words, drownedmadonna.com has learned.
The flick already got premiered during a Spirituality for Kids event at the Ilana Goor Museum in Old Jaffa, Israel as well as screened privately in New York City on October 10, 2007. It concerns the poor, suffering children in Malawi and shows how AIDS has effected their lives since a lot of them lost their parents due to the disease while highlighting the work that Madonna's organization, Raising Malawi, has been doing in the country.
According to the special issue of Vanity Fair Africa, the pic's director is Nathan Rissman, the person who also registered the film's website Iambecauseweare.com. The man reportedly worked on the project for several months and went to Malawi many times on Madonna's behalf alongside his crew.