Three friends left St. Louis on July 6, 2009, and traveled across the U.S., Africa and Europe, living off of $1.25 a day and documenting what they saw and went through.

The documentary is called "Give A Damn?" It is about what makes a person give a damn, what breaks their heart and what makes them come alive.

There will be a showing of the documentary on April 26 at Southeast Missouri State University along with a Q-and-A session with the three filmmakers, Dan Parris, Rob Lehr and David Peterka.

Director and producer Parris came up with the idea when he took a trip to Kenya's Kibera slum. He saw the natives' living situations and noticed that the people there lived off of the equivalent of $1.25 a day. One specific part of the trip stuck with him.

"I was in a tent with a lady who was dying from HIV and she was bouncing her baby on her knee," Parris said. "It was looking right at me and started foaming out of the mouth, and the translator that was with me notified me that the baby most likely had HIV."

Parris returned to the U.S. with an idea to make a documentary about the poverty he had seen. With the help of friends Lehr and Peterka he produced "Give a Damn?"

On Aug. 1, 2009, while each of the filmmakers were in Africa, there was a plane crash, causing the pilot and co-pilot to die and Parris and Lehr to end up in the hospital.

"We were in Africa and I was with Lehr shooting some footage when the pilot got too low and hit a power line causing the plane to come down and crash into a building," Parris said.

Lehr and Parris were held for two weeks in a hospital in Africa before returning to the U.S. for further treatment.

Peterka continued to film on his own until November 2009.

Throughout their travels, they experienced different living conditions.

"We dug out of dumpsters for food, lived in homeless shelters and slept in parks," Parris said.

Even after going through the hardships Parris said he would do this again if he had a chance.

"It made a big difference in my life and it isn't something that you could recreate in the U.S. because nobody would expect or be willing to drink dirty water or eat out of the trash," Parris said.

"Give a Damn?" will be shown at 6 p.m. in Rose Theater. Jessica Buettner, chief executive officer of Ignite Campus Ministry at Southeast Missouri State University, is organizing the event with different on-campus organizations.

"I am working with Circle K, the Social Work Club, Ignite Campus Ministries, Free the Slaves and TOMS," Buettner said. "I am excited for people to see this documentary and to see the awesome things that these three guys did."