{"id":295,"date":"2014-01-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blood-brother"},"modified":"2022-12-26T14:25:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T22:25:05","slug":"blood-brother","status":"publish","type":"films","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/blood-brother\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood Brother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why would someone leave everything behind to devote their life to helping others? Director Steve Hoover explores that question in <strong><i>Blood Brother<\/i><\/strong>, the remarkable story of his long-time friend Rocky Braat, who did exactly that. A young man from a fractured family and a troubled past, Braat went traveling through India without a plan. There he met a group of HIV-positive children living in an orphanage \u2014 a meeting that changed everything for him.<\/p>\n<p>Braat left his life, friends, and career in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to live with the kids. Filmmaker Steve Hoover was intrigued and unnerved by his best friend\u2019s radical life change. In an effort to find out what compelled him to give up every source of stability in his life, Hoover decided to trace Braat&#8217;s story, following him to India.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clear-orphan\">He witnessed Rocky and the kids endure disease, abject poverty, and death. But in the midst of all these troubles, he also saw their deep joy, and came to understand why Rocky had given up everything he had to experience it. Blood Brother is a story of friendship and of life stripped down to its essence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"clear-orphan\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An intimate portrait of Rocky Braat, who travels to India as a disillusioned tourist. 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