By Angelica Recierdo
Do you want to learn more about changemakers in different corners of the globe? Looking for a cause to become passionate about? Add this list of short films and video clips to your queue to invigorate the social entrepreneur in you.
1. Who Cares?
“Don’t ask what the world needs, ask what makes you come alive.” Shot in countries all over the world featuring social entrepreneurs from various disciplines, this documentary will mobilize you to be a changemaker if you aren’t one already. Watch the trailer here.
2. On The Way to School
Available for streaming on Netflix. We are privileged enough to live close to the classrooms we learn in or have reliable ways of getting there i.e. car, public transport, bike. The children featured in this documentary are not as fortunate. Their commutes take hours by foot, horse, and wheelchair in dangerous conditions in mountains or among wild animals. Put your education in perspective with this eye-opening film. Watch the trailer here.
3. Girl Rising
“There is no miracle here, just a girl with dreams.” See the perseverance of girls from Haiti to India in fighting for their education. If you aren’t already a fervent investor in girls’ education, you will be by the end of this emotive documentary. Watch the trailer here.
4. Leila Janah – End Poverty, Give Work
There are more than 4 billion people in the world born into families that can only afford to spend less than $3 a day per person. Leila of Samasource is trying to change that by pairing unemployed people in underdeveloped countries with “dignified digital work”. Watch Leila’s YouTube talk here.
5. Easy Like Water
“Bangladesh is ground zero for climate change.” In this flood-prone nation, schools are getting destroyed constantly by rising sea levels. Mohammed Rezwan, innovative architect and social entrepreneur is building classrooms in boats for students, complete with mobile Internet access. Watch the trailer here on this resilient concept of a “floating future.”
