18 March 2011

Teaser for Aftermath, a film by Tim Kim based on real events in Haiti

By Patrick Butler
ResonateNews.com

"Water,” said filmmaker Tim SolWoong Kim, “is at the root of so many, if not most, justice issues in the world, that it’s impossible to ignore the devastating impact the lack of water- or too much of it — creates.  Especially on women.”

      Photo By Patrick Butler
Filmmaker Tim Kim says water is a foundational justice issue. He is working on a film on Haiti that focuses heavily on the water crisis there.Ticking off a list of current hot-topic justice issues, Kim, who is in the production phase of his hour-long film on Haiti, “Aftermath," shook his head as if realizing anew the impact of water on life in general. “Water affects education,” he said, “sexism, marriage, family, business, government, media, medicine, religion — everything,” he said. “When I researched what could be done for Haiti after the quake, I quickly realized that the availability of clean water, plus flood-control issues were devastating people.”

That led the 23-year-old filmmaker is seeking solutions for water-based problems that are negatively affecting, for example, women who have to fetch water on a daily basis.

“In many poor societies, it falls to the women to collect water, and sometimes that is a difficult task, taking many hours and hard labor,” Kim said. “They may walk many miles, several times a day, lugging many pounds of water. It leaves them no time for education or a career. It can destroy their health. The work force is depleted. For many women, their only hope is to get married so someone else can go get the water.”

Taking a team of six Koreans to Haiti in October, Kim drafted most of the dramatic script in Switzerland. He is currently editing the teaser of “Aftermath” at a Youth With A Mission, or YWAM campus in Texas, soon to be show at his website, pursuitofwater.org. Kim will continue working on the film at a YWAM campus in Burtigny, Switzerland. ResonateNews.com also is operated by YWAM.

Kim is planning a spring “networking and contact” tour of the United States and Canada.

“I hope to meet as many people as possible who are interested in the reforestation of Haiti for long-term relief, and those interested in water issues,” he said. “I’ll go anywhere I can find those people.”

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