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Foster Child
2007. Philippines. Brillante Mendoza. 98 min.
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The Wind's Stories
2007. Venezuela. Javier Beltran Ramos. 12 min.
Thursday, April 3, 2008, 8:45 p.m.
Theater 1 (The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1), T1
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Foster Child
2007. Philippines. Directed by Brillante Mendoza. International adoption has become international big business; every year, hundreds of thousands of children move from their native lands in the poor, developing world to what are assumed will be more advantageous homes far, far away. In the Philippines, John-John is a mischievous tyke who has been under the foster care of Thelma and her family for most of his three years. Hard-working and respected in her field, Thelma—Foster Mother of the Year, several times—must prepare John-John today to meet the American couple that is going to adopt him. Brillante Mendoza's heartrending Foster Child is a powerful look at the end of the baby business cycle, and a cool and sober study that avoids sensationalism but never lets you forget the emotional toll the adoption business takes on all of these characters. 98 min.
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The Wind's Stories
2007. Venezuela. Directed by Javier Beltran Ramos. A young boy living with his family on a remote farm grasps the connection between nature and nurture in the course of a typical day in Javier Beltran Ramos's lyrical idyll in which only the sound of the wind punctuates the silence. 12 min.
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