We had an evening screening of We Are Together here at the e-campaigning forum. What an absolutely amazing film.  It’s devastating and uplifting in equal measure — a full length documentary about a group of HIV orphans in Africa in which it seems there is hardly a moment these kids are not singing, either in joy or sorrow or celebration.

It’s simply beautiful, and if you hear of a screening anywhere near you, don’t miss it.  All of us  who saw it were tremendously moved, and a roomful of us stayed late into the evening suggesting viral ways to get the word out and help the Rise foundation meet its target of 500,000 pounds to establish a trust fund to keep their education programme for HIV orphans going.

My suggestion: blogger-only screenings.  This is the kind of film that makes you want to tell everyone you know to go see it, and the producers have done a good job of providing friend-tell-a-friend tools — from a free MP3 if you tell five friends to a Facebook & MySpace widget.

This film broke my heart more than once, and sent my soul souring just the same.