The Power of One Response

My initial thoughts of The Power of One movie, was that it was going to be another one of those cliche history class movies with a collection of panoramic shots of Africa and some man with a deep voice, explaining the “culture” and what not. After the act of actually watching the movie I realize that the movie has a lot of depth, however there a couple of small holes which make the movie funny and interesting. I’m not going to give you a synopsis of the entire movie, because one, you watched it, and two I only have 300 words. (198 now). Mainly, towards the beginning of the movie, I was tickled by a few things, such as how the Nanny would breast feed P.K., and then her actual son. Like, his mother was so crazy that she can’t feed her child? When P.K. was in the boarding school I want to know what kind of people pee on a child? Were you claiming him as your territory? Why did the guard go to little P.K. in the middle of the night, barely tell him that his mother is dead and then leave? Will someone please tell me why the boarding school was okay with P.K. to have a chicken inside the school? See? It’s the little things!

 I will tell you that as far as the characters are concerned I only grew partly fond of the main character P.K., and even less fond of the so-called “girlfriend”. I don’t know, I just found Maria very stuck up and annoying as I got to know her, and I hardly consider her and P.K. a couple. I keep thinking about P.K. through the eyes that Mr. Fielder and another classmate prompted me to see him through. That he was just another white boy determined to teach African people to read. It shows me that the white man is always in the forefront, and the Africans never really get a chance to tell their full story. We’re following P.K. and Maria (whose more concerned about the senior ball), not Guideon and Miriam who would get beaten for even looking at P.K. the wrong way. I could go into more detail, but don’t get me started, or I won’t stop. Thanks for reading!