Here’s a film about humanitarian aid and disaster relief that gets really, really up close and personal. Beyond the Call follows the story of three middle-aged guys who travel directly to where the trouble is, interacting face-to-face with the affected people to provide the humanitarian assistance needed.

The nonprofit’s name: Knightsbridge International. The KI boys’ve been all over the world, moving everything from food to tents to medical supplies to solar ovens. And the guys provide this aid with no strings attached: No moralizing, no religion, no politics. Just humanitarian aid where and when it’s needed.

The film goes from inspiring you into action, to depressing you with the immensity of the problems in the world, to entertaining you with the quirks and oddities of the three guys themselves. One guy actually had a strange little train track built around his home; in his free time, he rides his little train around while drinking microwave-warmed cognac –

Beyond the Call provides a compelling look at the fascinating complexity that is each human being and each community, juxtaposing the vast injustices that limit so many people’s lives with the immense possibility each person has in shaping the world around them.

Thanks to Ironweed (written about here) for intro’ing me to the film.

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