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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Ryan Lobo,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.00,0:00:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've been involved in the documentary
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.00,0:00:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,filmmaking business all over the world for the last 10 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.00,0:00:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the process of making these films
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.00,0:00:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found myself taking photographs,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.00,0:00:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often much to the annoyance of the video cameramen.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.00,0:00:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found this photography of mine almost compulsive.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.00,0:00:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the end of a shoot, I would sometimes feel that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.00,0:00:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had photographs that told a better story
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.00,0:00:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than a sometimes-sensational documentary.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.00,0:00:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt, when I had my photographs,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.00,0:00:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was holding on to something true,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.00,0:00:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regardless of agendas or politics.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.00,0:00:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2007, I traveled to three war zones.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.00,0:00:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I traveled to Iraq, Afghanistan and Liberia.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.00,0:00:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And over there I experienced
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.00,0:00:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other people's suffering, up close and personal,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.00,0:00:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,immersed myself in some rather intense and emotional stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.00,0:00:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at times I experienced great fear for my own life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.00,0:00:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As always, I would return to Bangalore,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.00,0:01:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and often to animated discussions at friend's homes,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.00,0:01:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we would discuss various issues
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.00,0:01:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while they complained bitterly about the new pub timings,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.00,0:01:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where a drink often cost more than what they'd paid
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.00,0:01:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their 14-year-old maid.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.00,0:01:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would feel very isolated during these discussions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.00,0:01:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the same time, I questioned myself
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.00,0:01:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my own integrity and purpose in storytelling.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.00,0:01:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I decided that I had compromised,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.00,0:01:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like my friends in those discussions,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.00,0:01:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we told stories
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.00,0:01:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in contexts we made excuses for,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.00,0:01:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than taking responsibility for.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.00,0:01:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I won't go into details about what led to a decision I made,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.00,0:01:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but let's just say it involved alcohol, cigarettes,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.00,0:01:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other substances and a woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.00,0:01:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.00,0:01:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I basically decided that it was I,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.00,0:01:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the camera or the network,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.00,0:01:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or anything that lay outside myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.00,0:02:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was the only instrument in storytelling
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.00,0:02:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,truly worth tuning.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.00,0:02:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my life, when I tried to achieve things
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.00,0:02:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like success or recognition, they eluded me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.00,0:02:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paradoxically, when I let go of these objectives,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.00,0:02:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and worked from a place of compassion and purpose,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.00,0:02:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking for excellence, rather than the results of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.00,0:02:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything arrived on its own, including fulfillment.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.00,0:02:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Photography transcended culture, including my own.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.00,0:02:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is, for me, a language which expressed the intangible,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.00,0:02:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gives voice to people and stories without.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.00,0:02:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I invite you into three recent stories of mine,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.00,0:02:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are about this way of looking, if you will,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.00,0:02:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I believe exemplify the tenets
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.00,0:02:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what I like to call compassion in storytelling.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.00,0:02:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2007 I went to Liberia,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.00,0:02:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where a group of my friends and I
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.00,0:02:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did an independent, self-funded film, still in progress,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.00,0:03:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a very legendary and brutal war-lord
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.00,0:03:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,named General Butt Naked.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.00,0:03:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His real name is Joshua, and he's pictured here in a cell
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.00,0:03:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where he once used to torture and murder people,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.00,0:03:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including children.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.00,0:03:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joshua claims to have personally killed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.00,0:03:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than 10,000 people during Liberia's civil war.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.00,0:03:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He got his name from fighting stark naked.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.00,0:03:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he is probably the most prolific mass murderer
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.00,0:03:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alive on Earth today.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.00,0:03:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This woman witnessed the General murdering her brother.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.00,0:03:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joshua commanded his child-soldiers to commit unspeakable crimes,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.00,0:03:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enforced his command with great brutality.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.00,0:03:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today many of these children are addicted to drugs like heroin,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.00,0:03:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are destitute, like these young men in the image.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.00,0:03:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you live with yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.00,0:03:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you know you've committed horrific crimes?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.00,0:03:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today the General is a baptized Christian evangelist.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.00,0:03:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he's on a mission.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.00,0:04:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We accompanied Joshua, as he walked the Earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.00,0:04:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,visiting villages where he had once killed and raped.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.00,0:04:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He seeked forgiveness,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.00,0:04:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he claims to endeavor to improve
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.00,0:04:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lives of his child-soldiers.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.00,0:04:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During this expedition I expected him
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.00,0:04:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be killed outright, and us as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.00,0:04:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what I saw opened my eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.00,0:04:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to an idea of forgiveness
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.00,0:04:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I never thought possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.00,0:04:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the midst of incredible poverty and loss,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.00,0:04:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who had nothing absolved a man
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.00,0:04:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had taken everything from them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.00,0:04:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He begs for forgiveness,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.00,0:04:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and receives it from the same woman
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.00,0:04:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose brother he murdered.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.00,0:04:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Senegalese, the young man seated on the wheelchair here,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.00,0:04:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was once a child soldier, under the General's command,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.00,0:04:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until he disobeyed orders,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.00,0:04:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the General shot off both his legs.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.00,0:04:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He forgives the General in this image.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.00,0:04:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He risked his life as he walked up to people
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.00,0:04:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose families he'd murdered.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.00,0:05:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this photograph a hostile crowd in a slum surrounds him.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.00,0:05:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Joshua remains silent
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.00,0:05:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they vented their rage against him.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.00,0:05:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This image, to me, is almost like from a Shakespearean play,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.00,0:05:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a man, surrounded by various influences,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.00,0:05:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,desperate to hold on to something true within himself,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.00,0:05:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a context of great suffering that he has created himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.00,0:05:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was intensely moved during all this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.00,0:05:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the question is,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.00,0:05:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does forgiveness and redemption replace justice?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.00,0:05:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joshua, in his own words, says that he does not mind
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.00,0:05:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,standing trial for his crimes,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.00,0:05:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and speaks about them from soapboxes across Monrovia,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.00,0:05:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to an audience that often includes his victims.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.00,0:05:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A very unlikely spokesperson for the idea of
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.00,0:05:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,separation of church and state.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.00,0:05:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second story I'm going to tell you about
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.00,0:05:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is about a group of very special fighting women
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.00,0:05:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with rather unique peace-keeping skills.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.00,0:05:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Liberia has been devastated by one of Africa's
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.00,0:05:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bloodiest civil wars,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.00,0:05:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which has left more than 200,000 people dead,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.00,0:05:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thousands of women scarred by rape and crime
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.00,0:06:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a spectacular scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.00,0:06:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Liberia is now home
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.00,0:06:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to an all-woman United Nations contingent
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.00,0:06:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Indian peacekeepers.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.00,0:06:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These women, many from small towns in India,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.00,0:06:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,help keep the peace, far away from home and family.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.00,0:06:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They use negotiation and tolerance
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.00,0:06:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more often than an armed response.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.00,0:06:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The commander told me that a woman could gauge
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.00,0:06:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a potentially violent situation
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.00,0:06:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much better than men.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.00,0:06:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that they were definitely capable of diffusing it non-aggressively.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.00,0:06:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This man was very drunk,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.00,0:06:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was very interested in my camera,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.00,0:06:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until he noticed the women, who handled him
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.00,0:06:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with smiles, and AK-47s at the ready, of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.00,0:06:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.00,0:06:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This contingent seems to be quite lucky,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.00,0:06:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it has not sustained any casualties,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.00,0:06:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though dozens of peacekeepers have been killed in Liberia.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.00,0:06:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yes, all of those people killed were male.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.00,0:06:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of the women are married with children,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.00,0:06:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they say the hardest part of their deployment
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.00,0:06:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was being kept away from their children.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.00,0:07:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I accompanied these women on their patrols,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.00,0:07:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and watched as they walked past men,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.00,0:07:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many who passed very lewd comments incessantly.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.00,0:07:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I asked one of the women about the shock and awe response,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.00,0:07:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she said, "Don't worry, same thing back home.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.00,0:07:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know how to deal with these fellows,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.00,0:07:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ignored them.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.00,0:07:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a country ravaged by violence against women,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.00,0:07:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indian peacekeepers have inspired many local women
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.00,0:07:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to join the police force.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.00,0:07:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes, when the war is over and all the film crews have left,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.00,0:07:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most inspiring stories are the ones
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.00,0:07:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that float just beneath the radar.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.00,0:07:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came back to India and nobody was interested in buying the story.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.00,0:07:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one editor told me that she wasn't interested
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.00,0:07:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in doing what she called "manual labor stories."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.00,0:07:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2007 and 2009 I did stories on the Delhi Fire Service, the DFS,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.00,0:07:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which, during the summer, is probably the world's most active fire department.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.00,0:07:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They answer more than 5,000 calls in just two months.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.00,0:07:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all this against incredible logistical odds,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.00,0:07:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like heat and traffic jams.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.00,0:08:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something amazing happened during this shoot.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.00,0:08:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Due to a traffic jam, we were late in getting to a slum,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.00,0:08:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a large slum, which had caught fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.00,0:08:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we neared, angry crowds attacked our trucks
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.00,0:08:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stoned them, by hundreds of people all over the place.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.00,0:08:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These men were terrified,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.00,0:08:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the mob attacked our vehicle.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.00,0:08:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But nonetheless, despite the hostility,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.00,0:08:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,firefighters left the vehicle and successfully fought the fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.00,0:08:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Running the gauntlet through hostile crowds,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.00,0:08:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some wearing motorbike helmets to prevent injury.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.00,0:08:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of the local people forcibly took away the hoses
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.00,0:08:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the firemen to put out the fire in their homes.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.00,0:08:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, hundreds of homes were destroyed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.00,0:08:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the question that lingered in my mind was,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.00,0:08:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what causes people to destroy fire trucks
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.00,0:08:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,headed to their own homes?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.00,0:08:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where does such rage come from?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.00,0:08:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how are we responsible for this?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.00,0:08:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,45 percent of the 14 million people
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.00,0:08:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who live in Delhi live in unauthorized slums,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.00,0:09:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are chronically overcrowded.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.00,0:09:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They lack even the most basic amenities.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.00,0:09:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is something that is common to all our big cities.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.00,0:09:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back to the DFS. A huge chemical depot caught fire,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.00,0:09:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thousands of drums filled with petrochemicals
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.00,0:09:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were blazing away and exploding all around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.00,0:09:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The heat was so intense, that hoses were used
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.00,0:09:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cool down firefighters
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.00,0:09:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fighting extremely close to the fire, and with no protective clothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.00,0:09:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In India we often love to complain about our government bodies.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.00,0:09:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But over here, the heads of the DFS,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.00,0:09:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mr. R.C. Sharman, Mr. A.K. Sharman,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.00,0:09:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,led the firefight with their men.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.00,0:09:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something wonderful in a country where
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.00,0:09:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,manual labor is often looked down upon.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.00,0:09:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.00,0:09:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the years, my faith in the power of storytelling has been tested.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.00,0:09:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've had very serious doubt about its efficacy,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.00,0:09:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my own faith in humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.00,0:09:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, a film we shot still airs on the National Geographic channel.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.00,0:10:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when it airs I get calls from all the guys I was with
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.00,0:10:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they tell me that they receive hundreds of calls congratulating them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.00,0:10:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of the firemen told me that they were also inspired
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.00,0:10:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do better because they were so pleased
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.00,0:10:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get thank-yous rather than brick bats.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.00,0:10:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems that this story helped change perceptions about the DFS,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.00,0:10:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least in the minds of an audience in part on televisions,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.00,0:10:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,read magazines and whose huts aren't on fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.00,0:10:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes, focusing on what's heroic, beautiful and dignified,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.00,0:10:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regardless of the context,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.00,0:10:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can help magnify these intangibles three ways,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.00,0:10:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the protagonist of the story, in the audience,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.00,0:10:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also in the storyteller.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.00,0:10:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the power of storytelling.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.00,0:10:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Focus on what's dignified, courageous and beautiful,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.00,0:10:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it grows. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.00,0:10:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)