BENJAMIN JORDAN, Erica Dobie and Godfrey Masauli pose with their bus at People Plus in Brunswick.

BENJAMIN JORDAN, Erica Dobie and Godfrey Masauli pose with their bus at People Plus in Brunswick.

BRUNSWICK

The award winning documentary film “The Boy Who Flies” will be shown in Brunswick on Saturday, followed by a demonstration and discussion by Canadian pilot and filmmaker Benjamin Jordan and co-star Godfrey Masauli, Malawi’s only paraglider pilot.

The free public film showing will take place 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, in the Hannaford Auditorium at Southern Maine Community College, 29 Sewall St, at Brunswick Landing, the former naval air station.

GODFREY MASAULI flies down the slope of Sapitwa Peak, making him the first paraglider pilot in Malawi.

GODFREY MASAULI flies down the slope of Sapitwa Peak, making him the first paraglider pilot in Malawi.

At 10 a.m., a paraglider demonstration, community formation, flyover and kite-making event will take place on the Southern Maine Community College campus. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend this family friendly event.

A fundraising lunch at noon will support “The School of Dreams”, Malawi’s only paragliding school and one of the first in the world that combines the fundamentals of personal development with the experience of free flight.

Following a dream, Canadian paraglider pilot Benjamin Jordan traveled to Malawi to teach children the joys of kite flying. There, he met Godfrey, a young man who has always dreamed of flying though has never had the means.

The odd pair toured the country on bikes, building kites with youth while motivating them to follow their dreams. They are destined for Malawi’s highest peak where, after weeks of ground training, the two will attempt to fly down and make Godfrey the first Malawian paraglider pilot.

Observing himself through the eyes of the Malawians, Jordan had to come to grips with truths about his own racial and cultural identity while Godfrey was required to reach deeper into his faith than ever before as he prepares to leap off a mountain, trusting that the paraglider he’s been carrying will carry him in return.

Anyone interested in kite making should bring newspapers, two straight sticks about 2 feet in length, and plastic bags.

For more information about this event, contact Fred Horch, 522- 6844, or view information and a trailer for the documentary at www.theboywhoflies.com.


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