第2866期:The Antidote

Kindness is the word that inspired Emmy award-winning filmmakers Kahane Cooperman and John Hoffman to make "The Antidote".“善良”一词启发了荣获艾美奖的电影制作人卡汉·库珀曼和约翰·霍夫曼制作《解药》。The documentary focuses on how American communities across the country are coming together in times of need.这部纪录片聚焦于美国各地社区如何在需要时团结一心。My name is O'connell. I'm Dr O'connell. What do you need? Anything? I need mental health.我叫欧康奈尔。请问你需要什么？什么都行？我需要心理健康。Dr James O'connell, founder of Boston healthcare for the homeless, goes out in the streets to treat homeless people.詹姆斯·欧康奈尔医生是波士顿流浪者医疗中心的创始人，到街上去治疗无家可归的人。In Amarillo, Texas, Russell Lowery-Hart, President of Amarillo College, helps underprivileged students manage their personal lives, thrive academically and escape generational poverty.在德克萨斯州的阿马里洛，阿马里洛学院院长拉塞尔·劳瑞·哈特帮助贫困学生管理个人生活，在学业上取得成功并摆脱代际贫困。At Peter Johansen High School in Modesto California, Sherry Mcintyre teaches a class about religious tolerance and the diversity of faith in America.在加州莫德斯托的彼得·约翰逊高中，雪莉·麦金太尔教授一门关于宗教容忍和美国信仰多样性的课程。We need to protect the rights of the smallest minority, because in doing that we're protecting our own rights.我们需要保护最弱势群体的权利，因为这样做就是在保护我们自己的权利。We can't get too comfortable; we have to stand up for each other. The stories go on and on.我们不能太过安逸，必须互相支持。故事还在继续。We came up with six questions that completely informed our creative process,我们提出了六个问题，完全反映了我们的创作过程，which are how do we raise our children, how do we teach our children,分别是：我们如何养育孩子？我们如何教导孩子？how do we take care of the sick and the dying, how do we live and work together, how do we welcome the stranger and how do we lead.我们如何照顾病人和临终者？我们如何共同生活和工作？我们如何接纳陌生人？我们如何领导他人？Hoffman says the film was made as a counterpoint to the growing political and social divisions in America.霍夫曼说，这部电影是为了对抗美国日益增长的政治分歧和社会分歧。Those stories are all examples of working to write these systemic bonds that we call fundamental on kindnesses.这些故事都是努力书写我们称之为基于善意的系统性纽带的例证。It's you know fundamentally unkind to not have a safe place to sleep; fundamentally unkind to not have access to health care.没有一个安全的地方睡觉，从根本上说是不人道的；无法获得医疗保健，从根本上来说也是不人道的。Racism is fundamentally unkind, homophobia is fundamentally unkind, sexism is fundamentally unkind.种族主义本质上是不友善的，恐同症本质上是不友善的，性别歧视本质上是不友善的。Cooperman says that although the film was made just before the country was ensnarled in the grip of the pandemic, it is relevant today.库珀曼说，尽管这部电影是在美国深陷疫情之前拍摄的，但它在今天仍有现实意义。More relevant perhaps than when we even started. Certainly with COVID, it was about communities coming together.甚至比我们刚开始的时候更有意义。尤其是在新冠疫情期间，关键在于社区团结起来。Such as how communities in Anchorage Alaska are welcoming African refugees, or how elderly communities in Portland Oregon are caring for children in foster care.比如阿拉斯加安克雷奇的社区接纳非洲难民，俄勒冈州波特兰市的老年社区照顾寄养儿童。The filmmakers hope the documentary inspires people to reach out to one another and to feed the force of good rather than found the flames of hatred and divisiveness.电影制作人希望这部纪录片能激励人们相互伸出援手，弘扬善的力量，而非煽动仇恨与分裂的火焰。