Thursday, August 23, 2007

"We Are Still Here" - Documentaries about the Adoption of HIV+ Children

Deca Productions created a documentary about the adoption of HIV+ children, profiling children from Ethiopia and Vietnam. I believe it has been shopped to Oprah and HBO, but I haven't heard of any takers.

If you go to http://www.decaproductions.com/ the preview is on the home page. If you click on the Reel link, there is a different preview (though it will look the same at first). Also, there is a documentary about Chances By Choice, an organization started about 3-4 y ears ago by Margaret Fleming, a great woman who has devoted the last who knows how many years of her life to finding a home for HIV+ children. She has adopted three HIV+ children herself.

These documentaries really put a face to this issue. One statement really hit home for me - it's at the end of the second preview, stated by Josh, Erin's husband. He says something like, "It is there, and you can't pretend you didn't see it." I can still remember when we were considering whether or not we could/would adopt a positive child. Someone on the HIV yahoo group (for prospective adoptive parents of children with HIV) told me - once you let the idea of adopting an HIV+ child in your heart, it is hard to let it go. That proved to be so true.