Newton Aduaka tells the story of Ezra

After watching Newton Aduaka speak on TED.com, I must say that it encouraged me to want to do a blog on this piece. He has inspired the audience by letting them know that even though things may have happen in the world; we should move on and embrace all the advancements we have. However, we should always remember what occurred and we should try to never let it happen again. By Newton becoming a film director, being focused, educating himself on other things that are happening around the world, and being open are all the ways he has avoided adversity. One significant event happens to be, the video Newton showed of a child soldier named Ezra, along with other child soldiers in Sierra Leone fighting a war that they may not have understood. These young kids went around killing families in different villages. They were injected with drug and seem a lot of murders. The kids were turned into true killers all over some diamonds.
At the start of the speech he built trust and shared knowledge through showing of a few clips. The first clip told a story a girl who felt that she would be happier only if she lived in Nigeria. This ways taped in 1997 during the RUF wars. The second clip, you find a young boy talking about the lack of opportunities black people have living in Europe. The audience gets to see that this was during the time of multiculturalism in the United Kingdom. The third clip, just showed some film directors defining what cinema means.
I do believe that Newton’s speech has helped me to develop a deeper understanding of the topic. I say this because, I got a better since of why people feel safe at home, no matter what disaster may of took place there. I have learned that people want to have something to hold on to when they feel alienated and what to preserve what home is. I also get a better since of what reality (real life) means to some people.  When it comes to kids, when they have a lack of opportunities, live in the ghetto, are around violence, this tends to make them build anger inside.  I have decided to do a little more research on the war in Sierra Leone

 http://www.ted.com/talks/newton_aduaka_tells_the_story_of_ezra.html