The Red Ball

A red ball travels around the world from Toft, Minnesota to Banda Aceh, on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. It touches the lives of four boys just as each finds himself in a precarious situation. Each boy is afforded an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others. George, Mahdi, Shivraj and Kenji are four ordinary young boys who find themselves in extraordinary circumstances. What follows is each boy’s struggle to surmount great odds, conquer fears and exceed perceived limitations. The ball acts as a conduit for establishing relationships, the thread that weaves these four boys’ lives, indeed all of our lives, together. The confusion within each child is exacerbated by the external conflicts wreaked by adults. These children simplify a maze of complications and approach equilibrium, in the hope that it can serve as a model for our future.