CFCA will be hosting a screening of Rise and Dream: an award-winning documentary film that takes place in the Philippines. The film follows 13 Filipino students as they learn to play native instruments and perform a concert for their community.
The Gentlemen of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity and Ladies of Delta Phi Lambda Sorority present this to the UCF campus Sunday night, Sept. 23rd.
There will also be an opening performance by the Filipino Student Association's (FSA) Dance Troupe as well as more information...on on how to support the victims of the recent flooding in the Philippines.
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The CFCA (Christian Foundation for Children and Aging) is a Kansas City-based nonprofit organization that works internationally to fight poverty through education.
In a volatile region of the Philippines, a concert to celebrate peace is born.
Follow the story of 13 teenagers who accept a challenge to learn their own cultural instruments to perform on the biggest stage of their lives. Rise and Dream takes the viewer through the rigor of their rehearsals, and into the homes and hearts of this most unlikely student band.
In the midst of school, work and family responsibilities, the students rise above their obstacles as they explore the music of their ancestors. As the community mobilizes to support the concert, the expected attendance for the show triples in size, and the pressure begins to mount.
Home to one of the world's oldest documented conflicts, the southern Philippines is also a place of tremendous religious and cultural diversity. In the film, people of diverse religious backgrounds gather to help pull off an unprecedented concert in a community whose voice is often muffled by the enduring grip of poverty.
Despite the uncertainties of their daily life, the students in Rise and Dream show extraordinary resilience as the concert blooms into a celebration and becomes a reminder of the power of dreams in us all.
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