The news/docu account of Mongolia's street children that Martina R shot is online. And her intervention in one boy's live is only starting to change a young life. Baaska's hardscrabble/Dickensian beginnings touched the cinematographer profoundly. She returned to Mongolia with enough money to buy Baaska a yurt, some furniture and a few farm animals. Along with the aid of local social workers and a caring police chief, Baaska is now with a family of farmers willing to apprentice the young man. He's a talented artist with pen and chickens who has been given a chance at a better life.
And now a half a world away, this unlikely pair of New York filmmaker and Mongolian teenager exchange letters and plan of their next meetings.
Check out the entire story of Martina's journey on her blog here. And learn more how you can help other street children like Baaska.
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