SEND MOVIES!

Dear Friends and Family (Matt's friends and family, too!),

Surprisingly there are a couple people in our village that have small TV's and DVD players.

There are no TV channels, so the set up is only used for watching DVD's.

Sadly no one has any DVD's.

There is a dumpy little shop that rents really bad Chinese bootleg's but they are all crap like Jean Claude VanDam, or Vin Diesel.

so...

If you want to be the hero of our world please send any DVD's you have laying around that you aren't going to miss. Something a few steps up in quality from Rambo, but maybe nothing that is overly complex or dialog heavy (even though matt and i would love it). Many people understand a little bit of English but mostly they understand the movies only from what they are watching. Everyone is bored to death of all the low-brow stuff. I was surprised when one friend told me he really liked "Hotel Rwanda". This is great 'cause then we have an opportunity to teach them about stuff like racial issues, genocide, Africa, Western politics and so forth - this is VERY important. That kind of cultural sharing doesn't happen when you watch Terminator for the tenth time.

- scary movies would be fun. (but not necessarily slasher movies).

- they loved Shrek and we saw The Incredibles, so other pixar stuff would be great.

- edu-tainment or other documentaries would be great.

- dramas or character-driven movies are good.

actually... considering how desperate we are... please just send anything.

If you would like to send something that you want me to return, we can do that as well - but it will be in two years!

Please send your spare DVD's to:

Brett Serwalt, PCV
Peace Corps
PMB 9097
Port Vila
Vanuatu
South Pacific