Independent Lens

Blood Brother

An intimate portrait of Rocky Braat, who traveled to India as a disillusioned tourist. When he met a group of children with HIV living at an AIDS hostel, a place of unspeakable hardship, he decided to stay and devote his life to them.

Blood Brother: Rocky Returns to India

2m 54s

In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary Blood Brother, Rocky Braat describes his first encounter with the unforgettable HIV-positive kids he met in India, what they called him in their native tongue, and how he found it so hard to shake them that he had to return to India to see them again.

Previews + Extras

  • Blood Brother: Rocky Visits with Pizza and Books: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Blood Brother: Rocky Visits with Pizza and Books

    S15 E9 - 1m 8s

    In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary Blood Brother, Rocky goes to visit one of the girls in the hospital, where she’s been for a few days, plus he brings pizza to the kids, and reads a story in English with them.

  • Coming Soon to Independent Lens: Blood Brother : asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Coming Soon to Independent Lens: Blood Brother

    S15 E9 - 30s

    An intimate portrait of Rocky Braat, who traveled to India as a disillusioned tourist. When he met a group of children with HIV living at an AIDS hostel, a place of unspeakable hardship, he decided to stay and devote his life to them.

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