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I really loved the documentary- I thought it was incredibly well done. I think that for films like this, they can either get caught in the particular experience/ organization that is being filmed or ignore the individual experience in order to promote the larger issues they set out to highlight. I believe that this film navigated both the individual experience and a discussion on the larger issues at hand effortlessly and beautifully; for me, this had a lot to do with the style of filming and the ways in which each of the people featured spoke of their experiences and then extrapolated to the larger questions. This bottom-up approach seemed very honest and genuine. In this, I think the film is very thought-provoking and a great conversation-starter; those thoughts and conversations can range from reflections on the experiences of the particular events at the clinic depicted in the film to the economics of underdeveloped and developing world.
(2010) 88 min A young medical student volunteers at a rural hospital in Uganda looking to make a difference. You Are Here: A Documentary follows a young medical student journey into the heart of rural Africa to volunteer at a community health clinic run by a retired American physician. Through his experiences there, the film examines the question of why, after 30 years and billions of dollars of aid effort to Africa, have many regions of this troubled part of the globe grown statistically worse? The project takes on some of the most troubling problems in Africa on a micro level. Through the eyes of a westerner, You Are Here: A Documentary explores the beautiful strangeness of Africa as well as its great potential for both hope and disaster.
Utilizing a fly-on-the-wall style of filmmaking, You Are Here: A Documentary manages to capture a more intimate look at the often tenuous relationship between the first and third world as seen from the perspective of its young protagonist. The film juxtaposes gorgeous natural imagery from just outside the Bwindi Impenetrable Rainforest with scenes of crippling poverty and loss. As the story pushes its way through the conflicts, setbacks, and small victories of life in an African health clinic, the question persists, is there a better way?
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