RISE N' SHINE

"RISE N' SHINE"



The 22nd of May, I was instructed by my professor Ruth Grogory to watch 5 short films at the Seattle International Film Festival in Capitol Hills Seattle, Washington. The cause for watching those short films, is a wayof showing my participation in the class. Furthermore, I would write a blog on one of the films that I enjoyed the most and compare it to one of the topics we have been discussing in class. And post the blog as part of my final grades. My job is to write one blog or two about those short 5 films I watched and give my thoughts and how they're related between one of the topics we have discussed in class.


One of the movies that I really enjoyed and payed close attention to was Rise n' Shine. I can definitely relate the Rise in Shine film to disabled people which has appeard to be one of the most interesting subjects that we have been discussing in class on week 7 assignments. After listening to Ms. Miller's testimonies, it reminded me of the disabled people who have been taking advantaged of by abled people because of their conditions. On the book, America on Film (360). It talks about how the society sees people with disability diferently as signs of evil, and the medical model treats them as genetic or biological conditions that objectively could affect anyone. A lot of forign countries in the world that are misdeveloped, seem to have the tendency of treating disabled people in a different way because of their disability situations. Some people are afraid of being asciated with disabled pepeole because they think, being disable is a contagious deasese, and they think that they can become infected if there is any closeness.


Rise n' Shine is about a young woman named Relina Miller who was only fourteen years old, and found herself at the wrong place and in the wron time. From what I observed from watching the movie, she was in a wild party which included alchohol, adults, young adults, some family members, profanity languages were beeing used. Then, one thing lead to another, so, she became a victimizer by being rapped by a relative of her who happend to be her uncle. Later, she found out that she was affected with HIV. From that moment on, her life has changed very drastically, she has been humiliated by her friends, her class-mates would not give her a chance to get closer to them because they were afraid that they would be getting infected by illness.




Ms. Miller became a great support for other teens who are HIV positve by telling them what can happen to them as a result if they are not careful who they are associating with. She traveled all over the nation speaking lively to others such as people her age by giving them advise. She has been in many organizations such as TV shows being an activist for people who are HIV positive especially teenagers. She wants them to know it is not easy to be an HIV positive in America, and that they need to be very cautious and know who their surroundings are if not, it would be a great risk taken for their lives as young-teens.



It was so unfortunate for Ms. Relina miller To go through such a horrible time in her life as young as she was. I really admired her for her determination and encouragement, inspide of what has happened, she chose to move forward and learned how tro beat the depression of sickeness. She's shown the society that people who are HIV positive and disable can live life just as normal as non-HIV and abled people. She is now 31 years old and still living in the Seattle area as a single mother raising 2 beautiful daughters from the age of 5 to 11. According to her testimony, she is one the infected women to live longer with HIV in America.



My point is, the society dos not need to be so hard and skeptical on people who are different from others who are fortunate and capable of doing normal things in life . HIV andf disabeled people are people just like the rest of us, They need to be treated like human being and be seen like normal poeple, and be accepted like everyone else. Relina's willingness gives people who are HIV positive hope, she wants them to know you can stfill enjoy life if you think positively and follow your doctor's advises.



POSTED BY: ABNER T. RICHET



PROFESSORS: RUTH GREGORY AND RACHEL DAVID



CLASS: INTERDISCIPLINARY