Has everyone lost the ability to think critically? This movie makes ignorant, sweeping generalizations about Kenya, Kenyans and East Africa that are not only inapplicable to a large population but that do not even address the REAL issue here. I find the approach and many scenes distasteful, disrespectful and dehumanizing to large degrees. The scene showing some of the children getting the results of their HIV test is appalling. This is one of the most intense and personal things a human can go through and should in NO WAY be filmed and publicly shown by a group of white, western film makers. These same feelings go for the opening scene of the woman giving birth. It really has nothing to do with the rest of the film and is a blatant invasion of privacy in the least. Just because they got permission(hopefully) to use this footage doesn't mean they should. It's important to consider how white foreigners can be granted the answer 'yes' by agreeable East Africans - some discretion is often required.
We don't need another documentary that perpetuates the ideas and narratives that we have heard for years about Africa. The film never once gets at the heart of the issues of why things are the way they are. The West/Global North are at the heart of underlying causes of glue sniffing and many other societal ills in post-colonial societies today. Where's the documentary on the effects of colonialism, structural adjustment, the world bank and the aid industry? Understanding these histories and impacts are key to fighting the poverty today that destroys Kenyan families. Judging by the way this story is told, the filmmakers would benefit from some education on what roles WE have played in getting Africa to where it is now. The fact that these filmmakers set out to "find a story" in East Africa, belies their ignorance, and is exploitative to a massive caliber. The goal appears not to have been to find and help drug addicts (meth is destroying families all over the US); the goal was to find the exotic. Luckily this film will probably never be a big film and we won't have to add it to the list of ignorant documentaries that capitalize on suffering and old stereotypes.