Michigan Technological University Mail    Faith Morrison <fmorriso@mtu.edu>
Suggested movie for discussion: Mully
Tomas Co <tbco@mtu.edu>    Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 8:15 PM
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Hello everyone,

For our Wednesday film zoom discussion, I am suggesting
an American documentary of a Kenyan philanthropist "Mully" directed by Scott Haze.

(more details below).

It is available on Amazon Prime

Hope you can watch it and help discuss it during
next wednesday's zoom meet-up.

Regards,

Tom Co
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Title: Mully

Director: Scott Haze

Partial List of Personalities:
  Charles Mully
  Esther Mully
  Isaac Mulli
  Ndondo Mulli
  Dickson Mulli
  Grace Mulli
  Mueni Mulli
  Kaleli Mulli
  Janey Mulli
  Rhoda Mulli
  Daudi Mulli
  Zacharia Mulli

US Rating: PG

Language: English

Length: 81 mins

Available through: Amazon Prime

Summary:  (by www.imdb.com)

  "What happens when a six-year-old boy in Kenya is
  abandoned by his family and left to raise himself
  on the streets? Mully is no ordinary rags-to-riches
  tale. It's the true story of Charles Mully, whose
  unlikely stratospheric rise to wealth and power
  leaves him questioning his own existence, searching
  for meaning in life. Against the better judgment
  of family and community, Mully sets out to enrich
  the fate of orphaned children across Kenya.
  Jeopardizing his own life and the security of his
  family, Charles Mully risks everything and sets
  in motion a series of events that is nothing
  short of astonishing."

My Comments:

  Quite impressive and inspirational... but very hard
  to emulate due to his enormous sacrifice. A different
  version of philanthropy compared to how most charity
  works.

  Of course the movie mentions Christianity as a source
  of his motivation, but I don't think the film was
  proselytizing  (although some religious organizations
  probably used the movie for that purpose).  That
  notwithstanding, I think Charles and Esther Mully
  deserves recognition for such courageous and heart-
  warming sacrifice for helping and caring of so many
  abandoned children of the streets and for so many
  years.  Their MCF (Mully Children's Family) now has
  several locations in Kenya.

  (So far, my quick internet fact-checking has not produced any
  article that contradicts the stories in the documentary.)

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