Opening Our Eyes Synopsis
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Meet some of our subjects who are making our world a better place:
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Maggie – a 19-year-old on a post-high school “gap year,” who built a home in Nepal for 30 orphans… using her saved babysitting earnings! She now lives there, and has recently completed construction on a school for 250 children.
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Ronni – a successful event planner, who saw good food being dumped daily, and started a food rescue program. She got Australian law changed, and now saves food from waste while feeding the hungry.
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David – a physician who trekked into Thailand’s remote northern hill-tribe villages, offering medical care where there is no doctor.
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Maureen & Marian – Displaced autoworkers who are fighting for basic human rights in the declining neighborhoods of inner city Detroit.
Maggie Doyne, Kopila Childrens Home, Surkhet, Nepal, Opening Our Eyes
Ronni Kahn, Oz Harvest, Sydney, Australia, Opening Our Eyes
Dr. David MarNaw,Hill tribe village, Thailand, Opening Our Eyes
Marian Kramer and Maureen Taylor speaking in protest at the State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan, Opening Our Eyes
“I just want to thank you for making this movie and let you know that you have definitely succeeded in inspiring people. I’ve had a small paradigm shift after seeing this movie. I think you two should count yourself among the inspirational heroes for bringing these stories to a larger audience.”
Audience member
“Our high school students were inspired, challenged, and heartened after viewing this film. The diverse array of people and cultures depicted in the film meant that every one of our students could connect. Students and teachers were left with a sense of overwhelming optimism and hopefulness about the capacity of determined individuals to transform humanity.”
Eric Mayer, Upper School Principal
“Your film is a celebration of something that I’ve always believed in – there are daily miracles. People always look for a burning bush or something special. Miracles are a daily occurrence of thank yous.”
Audience member
Behind the Scenes
Photography Gallery
Maggie Doyne and her children at the Kopila Childrens Home, Surkhet, Nepal. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Child cutting vegetables at the Kopila Childrens Home, Surkhet, Nepal. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Student at Kopila Primary School, Surkhet, Nepal. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Student at Kopila Primary School, Surkhet, Nepal. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Volunteer with child at the Kopila Childrens Home, Surkhet, Nepal. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Children at Kopila Primary School, Surkhet, Nepal. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Volunteers at Kopila Childrens Home, Surkhet, Nepal. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Old man, Kathmandu, Nepal. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Men on bench, Kathmandu, Nepal. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Man in red turban, Red Fort, Jaipur, India. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Silhouette of girl taking photo at Red Fort, Jaipur, India. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Woman at Red Fort, Jaipur, India. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Old woman in Hill tribe village, Thailand. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Gina Low of APECA on boat on Amazon River, Peru. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Boat on Amazon River, Peru. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Woman in hut weaving. Amazonian village, Peru. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Amazonian village, Peru. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Doctor David Mar Naw in remote hill tribe village in northern Thailand. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Sick child. Wrap Up Africa, Kampala, Uganda. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Tailor.Wrap Up Africa, Kampala, Uganda. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Wrap Up Africa, Kampala, Uganda. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Letha Sandison, Wrap Up Africa, Kampala, Uganda. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Captain Paul Moulds, Oasis Youth Network, Sydney, Australia. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Oasis Youth Network, Sydney, Australia. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Sir Richard Branson serving homeless youth at the Oasis Youth Network, Sydney, Australia. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Protest at state capitol, Lansing, Michigan. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Susanna Esmoris, Camino Abierto, Carlos Keen, Argentina. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Viola Majewska, Hippotherapy, Waraw, Poland. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Young man in wheelchair working with horse at Viola Majewska's hippotherapy stable. Opening Our Eyes Movie.
Erin Kelly and Gail Mooney with children in Amazonian village, Peru. Opening Our Eyes Movie[ult_createlink title=”FIND OUT MORE” btn_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fopeningoureyes.net%2F|title:OPENING%20OUR%20EYES%20WEBSITE|target:%20_blank” text_color=”#8224e3″ text_hovercolor=”#eeee22″ heading_style=”font-weight:bold;” title_font_size=”30″ title_line_ht=”20″]
