ALL THE INVISIBLE CHILDREN (All the Invisible Children)
Directed by: Mehdi Charef, Emir Kusturica, Spike Lee …Cast list: Vera Fernandes, Francisco Anawake De Freitas, Uroš Milovanovic, Dragan Zurovac, Vladan Milojevic, Daniele Vicorito
Country: Italy
Year: 2005
Genres: Drama /
Runtime: 124 min.
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Seven shorts about childhood problem through the eyes of seven directors. 1) "Tanza" shows a boy in an undefined country in Africa fighting in a civil war and dreaming on having his home and going to school. 2) "Uros" shows a gypsy boy in his last day in a juvenile prison in Serbia-Montenegro without any other perspective but returning to the place. 3) "Jesus Children of America" shows a HIV positive girl, daughter of junkies' parents with Aids and the cruelty of her schoolmates in school. 4) "Bilu and João" gives an optimistic approach of two homeless children that fight to survive working on the streets, collecting beer and soda tins and paper to sell in a junkyard, and transporting shops in street fairs. 5) "Jonathan" shows a photographer correspondent of war in pain for his past experiences. 6) "Ciro" shows a young boy in Naples who pickpockets to survive. 7) "Song Son and Little Cat" shows a tale of fantasy, with a homeless orphan and a spoiled wealthy girl.
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Subjects: Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world / Economy / History /
Topics: education in human values / natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / children, children’s rights / adolescence, youth / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / alcoholisme, drugaddictions / family, family relationships / human rights / judicial system, prisons, death penalty / politics, political systems /
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