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Synopsis new movie releases The Drop Box
The Drop Box is a 77-minute documentary film that is having a very limited (2-3 day) run starting on Wednesday, March 4th in theaters in North America. The story however is so compelling, so completely other than what you’re expecting, that you can’t help but be drawn in. The film that are in Korean with English subtitles.
A
Korean pastor has dedicated his life to saving unwanted newborns. By
building a "drop box" for babies, he has created a safe way for mothers
to give up the children they are unable to raise. Lee Jong-rak,
hereafter referred to as Pastor Lee, is the creator of South Korea’s
only “baby box” for collecting unwanted infants, a role that was
somewhat thrust upon him when an abandoned baby was left at the door of
his church, something not uncommon in that culture. The box itself
resembles one of the large depository boxes you might see at a bank. The
pastor heard of a similar box in central Europe, but after getting no
reply from that organization, gave up and built one from scratch.
Hundreds of children have come to Pastor Lee in this way, and 15 of them
have been formally adopted; he and his wife are their legal parents.
There are concerns for the pastor’s health because of years of sleep
deprivation caring for babies abandoned in the night, or crying in the
facility.
While at least the first half hour of the film is somewhat all about babies, the script changes to look at one of the longer residents, one of the older of the adopted children. And then there is another story dynamic that is introduced closer to the end. All this to say that the film maintains a high level of intensity. As you try to catch the names and positions of people superimposed on the screen while at the same time keeping up with the subtitles, your viewing mirrors the relentless pace that Pastor Lee, his wife and the facility volunteers face every hour of every day. The film can leave you somewhat out of breath.
While at least the first half hour of the film is somewhat all about babies, the script changes to look at one of the longer residents, one of the older of the adopted children. And then there is another story dynamic that is introduced closer to the end. All this to say that the film maintains a high level of intensity. As you try to catch the names and positions of people superimposed on the screen while at the same time keeping up with the subtitles, your viewing mirrors the relentless pace that Pastor Lee, his wife and the facility volunteers face every hour of every day. The film can leave you somewhat out of breath.
The
filmmaker, Brian Ivie, shared with a Focus audience how his original
motives were somewhat selfish. Heread a newspaper story and figured
Pastor Lee’s story was a vehicle that would help him accomplish a
personal goal of getting into the Sundance Film Festival. Instead, the
film changed his life, and that of many of the crew of eleven he took
with him to South Korea. His own story is told in a David C. Cook book
releasing March 1st, The Drop Box: How 500 Abandoned Babies, an Act of
Compassion, and a Movie Changed My Life Forever. This is one of those
stories that is meant to leave you challenged, and it does. Some people
wholly define what it is to give their all to a cause, and Pastor Lee of
South Korea is one of those people.
via PaulWinkinson
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