Boys, toys and the big blue marble [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Marquise Lepage.

Boys, toys and the big blue marble [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Marquise Lepage.

Publication Date
: 
2007

Publication Information
: 
[Montreal] : National Film Board of Canada,

Physical Description
: 
1 vidoedisc (52 min.)

Subject Term
: 
Abused children -- Social conditions.
 
Abused children -- Social life and customs.
 
Documentary films.

Geographic Term
: 
Developing countries -- Social life and customs.

Additional Contributors
: 
Lepage, Marquise.

Summary
: 
Filmed in Bolivia, Sri Lanka, Burma, Brazil & Mali, abused and exploited youngsters speak about their lives and their amusements. They describe suffocating poverty as well as hopes and dreams. This tough documentary, told from the boys' viewpoint, is an appraisal of childhoods destroyed by slavery, criminality, war, sexual exploitation and human stupidity.

Language
: 
English

General Note
: 
DVD.


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall Number
St. John's - A.C. HunterAdult NFic DVD NFBAdult Non-Fiction DVD NFB362.76 B71