Madonna wrote and produced a documentary about orphans in Malawi, entitled “I Am Because We Are,” which is one of the favorites at Tribeca Film Festival.
The title refers to a word describing an African worldview – ubuntu – which translates “I am because you are” and symbolizes the fact that individuals need other people to be fulfilled and they need to be around others to enjoy being themselves. The phrase comes from the Bantu languages spoken in southern Africa and it refers to a Zulu concept, “umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu,” which means that a person is only a person through their relationship to others.
Madonna made the discovery when she went to Malawi, the place where her adopted son was born. She tries to show the beautiful part of the African tradition, but also the negative events which happen in a world almost forgotten.
Source: enews