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Children of Shadows
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Tape number: 392 |
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Type of production: Documentary |
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Subject: Child Protection, Child Labour |
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Audience: General Audience |
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Production year: 2001 |
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Duration: 54 minutes |
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Language versions: Creole with English sub-titles and Creole with French subtitles (two versions are available) |
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Countries: Haiti |
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Producer: Karen Kramer (funded in part by UNICEF) |
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Rights: Non-broadcast/educational |
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Summary: Children Of Shadows portrays the restavek (domestic workers) children of Haiti. The film follows the children as they go through their daily chores - the endless cycle of cooking, washing, sweeping, mopping, going to the market, going to fetch water, going to run errands, etc. In heartbreaking interviews, the children speak openly and shyly about the lives they are forced to lead. The "aunts" (adoptive caretakers) speak openly and proudly of the vast mountain of work that "their" restavek does for them. The camera goes deep into the countryside to interview the peasant families as to what kind of situation would force them to give away one or more of their children. Several Haitian social workers and economists who have spent time with the restaveks speak of the causes and possible solutions to this situation. |
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Price: $200 Beta, $100 VHS
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