{"id":11801,"date":"2015-12-01T17:38:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T17:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=11801"},"modified":"2015-12-01T18:01:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T18:01:47","slug":"blood-brother-update-from-rocky-braat-continuing-the-story","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/blood-brother-update-from-rocky-braat-continuing-the-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood Brother Update from Rocky Braat: Continuing the Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/blood-brother\/\">Blood Brother<\/a><\/em> aired on <em>Independent Lens<\/em> in\u00a0early 2014, many of the film&#8217;s fans continue to ask how Rocky Braat and the kids he works with in India are doing. We posted one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/update-rocky-braat\/\">update on Rocky<\/a> awhile back. But from the filmmakers comes this special video update,\u00a0in time for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldaidsday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">World AIDS Day<\/a> (December 1st). From producer Danny Yourd:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Since releasing the film we\u2019ve built a transitional home of the kids, donated an ambulance to the village and helped support the people living there. 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