"A Closer Walk" is a documentary about the AIDS crisis. It is an educational, enlightening, and eye-opening documentary. Will Smith along with Glenn Close narrates the film.
The documentary travels throughout the world sharing people's circumstances and experiences with AIDS. "A Closer Walk" starts out in Africa where the AIDS infection overwhelms the public health system and many orphans face death. The documentary then moves to central Europe where the disease is spread by drug users through shared needles. Then it takes us to India where husbands infect their wives. And last the documentary brings us to the United States where efforts are being made to confront the cultural stereotyping.
Patients, doctors, nurses, the Dalai Lama, and Kofi Annan are interviewed. The film has a compassionate, yet urgent tone. Overwhelming statistics are revealed in this documentary. The film's message is that the AIDS epidemic is the worst in history and continues to spread. The documentary has touched the lives of many people just as many other Will Smith films have.
There are no actors involved in the film. Those in the film are people who are involved or affected by AIDS. The film shows us how the world is and how AIDS affect the world and us. It reveals that the AIDS epidemic has not stopped but continue to come at us hard and heavy.
It has been suggested that this be shown in our schools to help our teenage understand about AIDS and what causes AIDS and how it is spread. This would help possibly prevent the spread of AIDS. The youth would be more likely to pay attention with Will Smith narrating.
No, it is not action packed like so many of Will Smith's other films are but it is definitely awakening.
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