Moon Children

Moon Children is a name taken from an old Panama Tale. Which said that people with albinisme were photophobic creatures, afraid of the sunlight, born with pale white skin - and more comfortable with coming out in the beautiful moonlight.

In China, the acceptance of people born with albinism is low. Albinism is often seen as a handicap, and makes every day life a tough run for some of the people born with the condition. Most of them just want to be treated like everyone else, but because of the lack of knowledge by the Chinese population, the people born with albinism is too often misunderstood and mistreated.

Meeting with these people made me realize that there is so much more to human beings than what's on the outside. If you only open you're eyes for the things you see, you'll miss some wonderful stories along the way. In this story, you'll meet Tian Yajie, a 4-year-old girl with a mom that is constantly worried about her daughters future. On the outside she is just as normal as any other child her age, accept she is born with albinism. You'll meet Dong Hongli, the masseuse in Beijing - she colors her hair, to make her customers happy and work 12-hours shifts almost every day. Cheng Ding and his girlfriend Yang Fenping are both born with albinism, and because it's considered a handicap in China, they both get free transportation-cards from the government. The young man, Yang Po is fighting for disabled people's right's in China and had to change his name, twice! Xue Yi Jie doesn't care what other people think of her, although she gets long looks because of how she looks - everywhere she goes.

Moon Children is the story about ordinary people, being extraordinary because of their wish in being accepted as who they are. It's so admirable and a little bit sad, both in a very beautiful way.