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Meet the Goodwins. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Given and Aamion. Photo: Cody Welsh
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"Given didn’t really want to be making a movie. But he kind of warmed up to us over the year that we traveled." – Director Jess Bianchi Photo: Cody Welsh
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Navigating the subway to the Rockaways. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Australia. Pumping. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Slow yourself down and you’ll see so much more. That quickly became the mantra of the film. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Daize. Australia. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Aamion and Daize. Fiji. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Given and True. Fiji. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Fiji. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Aamion and Given. And fish. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Aamion and a horse with 80s metal hair band locks. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Iceland. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Iceland. Photo: Cody Welsh
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The grass is always greener. In Ireland. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Ireland. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Aamion and Given. Ireland. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Irish tubes. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Photo: Cody Welsh
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Daize. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Navigating a market in Israel. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Israel. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Daize and True. Israel. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Given and Aamion. Israel. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Given. Marshall Islands. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Photo: Cody Welsh
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Morocco. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Morocco. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Morocco. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Morocco. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Morocco. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Morocco. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Aamion. Nepal. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Nepal. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Daize and True. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Given and Aamion. Navigating the shuffle in Nepal. Photo: Cody Welsh
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New Zealand. Photo: Cody Welsh
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NZ set up. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Given playing with toys in a New Zealand marsh. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Daize. Peru. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Peru. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Senegal. Photo: Cody Welsh
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South Africa whip. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Daize. South Africa. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Aamion. Thailand. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Thailand. Photo: Cody Welsh
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Thailand. Photo: Cody Welsh
Aamion Goodwin had an unorthodox upbringing. A product of his father’s rejection of the constraints of modern society, Aamion spent much of his childhood bouncing between Fiji, Australia, and Kauai. Now a father himself, Aamion, along with his wife Daize, are passing along that love for cultures around the world on to their young children, Given (their son), and True (their newborn daughter).
Given is a cinematically stunning film that traces the travels of the Goodwins over the course of a year around the world, from Hawaii to Australia, Nepal to Peru. And it’s all told from the perspective of the Goodwins’ son, hence the name.
More than anything, says the film’s director Jess Bianchi, Given is meant to show people not that the Goodwins’ way of life is the right way, or that they’re the poster children for an alternative lifestyle, but simply there’s a way to get by that exists outside the norm. “I do hope the film will inspire people to break from whatever, like, block they have in their life,” Bianchi told The Inertia in an interview. “Whether it’s a family that wants to travel the world, or maybe it’s just a block in their smaller circle. But just to get out of their ordinary life that’s obviously not working for them, and just see that there’s a whole different life they could be living.”
Check out the website to find a screening near you. The film will also be available on February 28 at www.giventhemovie.com/shop and all platforms in March.
