The Good Lie, the little truth about the world and us.

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The Good Lie, is a great movie. Made with real Sudanese refugee as the main character. The emotion is real with the story is partially fictionalized.

Talking about a clan of young Sudanese, how they escape the Sudanese conflict and got to refugee camp, the truthful depiction of the reality of such camp, the system and how people will stuck in the system for years before they can get a break. And even when they got a break, the toughest challenges are still ahead when they reach the US. And the story ended with the reality of Who and how to safe a person and the trauma and effects of the whole situation on the refugee and those who’d “survive” the gauntlet which is the camp and transition to a new world.

Whenever I watch movies like The Good Lie, which compares the differences between a third world country and a developed one, I can’t help but reminded of myself coming from a developing country.

In my mind I hear the American and European saying this is 2014 how can this be happening. Then I hear my mind saying, well, Malaysian life is hard enough we could care less about what a third world country is like.

Ignorant can be anywhere, like when people ignore the fact that more than half of the people in the world are earning below 1000 USD a month.

That the over population of country like India and Africa is not a problem when the country itself ignore them.

That the reason Y corporation is dumping money into Developing country like China and South East Asia is that developed country have reach the plateau of growth that simply the growth of such country alone is growing the fortune of their investment. And when most of the money in the world is hold by people with no idea how to control it.

The list will go on and on and on. The age-old 30 years issues of poverty, war, famine, AIDS still exists today. It might have moved to another place or remain a smaller area. But none-the-less the problem is still there. Human Being have not learn a single bit of whatever happen in the past.

If you have forgiven someone before then you know, war creates desperation and anger. And revenge itself will only bring about the vicious cycle of more revenge.

People can be open mind or close minded no matter in which type of country they are from. It’s a choice to be ignorant.

In this world where you can have any information you want at the palm of your hand, it is up to us to judge what is right and wrong for us and to take the knowledge that we can get at our finger tips to build a better world.

The Good Lie, is an equalizer. It bridges the gap a little bit and shows us the truth of our culture and how people really are, rather than stereotype.

 It is great to have seen the movie with one of the star in the audience, Kuoth Wiel, one of the young Sudanese refugee, and a true honor.