Wednesday 16 July 2014

'Cleaning the Streets Saved My Life': Christabella George's Story




'Christabella George, [aged] 47, [mother of] 5 Children, had to fend for herselt at the tiny age of 13. Life for her then turned extremely sour, sleeping in garbage, eating garbage, serving time in prison and a long stint of drug addiction. She says her job rewarded her with a cleaned up lifestyle. Her best rehabilitation yet. This is her Story' 

This short documentary tells Christebella's fascinating story of overcoming addiction, abuse and years on the road as we follow her through her narrated life journey, redemption and morning's work cleaning the streets of Portsmouth, Dominica's northern town. This is not a story about a father or a man but it is very interesting all the same.  





A well made and subtly ethnographic documentary courtesy of InsidePossi.com

We need more documentaries like this that bring to light the lesser recognized everyday realities of regular Dominican people. 
I have pasted the YouTube comments below

Fathermen