Making a Difference: Myanmar, Nepal, and Swaziland

66 Minute Running Time

This trio of documentaries traces the extraordinary steps that courageous individuals are taking to lessen suffering around the world. 12 Stones concerns the empowerment of women in rural Nepal, Crossing Midnight takes us inside a treatment center on the Myanmar-Thailand border, and Likhaya focuses on a sustainable farm in Swaziland that doubles as an orphanage.

The following short films will screen before this film...

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  12 Stones

  USA , 2009 , 21 min.
  Director: Sandy Smolan 12 Stones is a remarkable documentary about even more remarkable women living in a small, rural, poverty-stricken community in Nepal. Though illiterate, they are being trained and empowered to establish a sustainable way of life.... more
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  Crossing Midnight

  USA , 2009 , 30 min.
  Director: Kim Snyder Since 1988, millions have fled the military dictatorship of Burma (now Myanmar) into Thailand. Twenty years ago, Dr. Cynthia Maung and a group of students established a one-room clinic on the border that has grown into a center with more than 500 health care workers.... more
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  Likhaya

  USA , 2009 , 15 min.
  Director: Aaron Kopp An amazing group of people live on a small sustainable farm in Swaziland in southern Africa, the country with the world’s worst HIV/AIDS rate. This documentary paints a serene portrait of the women and children who are, in their own small way, turning the epidemiological tide.... more