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The painful past of a child marriage activist intertwines with the uncertain future of a soon-to-be child bride as they both attempt to fight against child marriage.
Жанр : драма
Время выполнения : 2Ч 7М
Директор : James Collins, Tom Collins
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24-year-old child marriage activist, Sali, is on a mission to end the harmful practice of child marriage. She seems to be the only person able to help the 14-year-old, soon-to-be child bride, Adi, living in a rural West African village. The tale of Adi's uncertain future and Sali's painful past shows the devastating impact child marriage can have over multiple generations as well as the bravery it takes to speak out against it.
First Bi-lingual movie made in Odia & Bengali. Bengali version name was "Pana Raksha". Produced with a budget of Rs. 64,000, the Odia movie was a hit however the Bengali version was unsuccessful.
Любимое трио — Элвин, Саймон и Теодор — в полнометражном мультфильме. Элвин заключает пари со своими друзьями. Тот, кто победит в гонках вокруг света, получит приз в 100 000 долларов. Но не все так легко, как кажется. На пути возникают препятствия, через которые им помогает пройти настоящая дружба.
African drummer leaves village, makes it big in the world. Great drumming!!
A team of journalists investigate how human trafficking and child labor in the Ivory Coast fuels the worldwide chocolate industry. The crew interview both proponents and opponents of these alleged practices, and use hidden camera techniques to delve into the gritty world of cocoa plantations.
Jennie is a twelve-year-old girl living with her parents in extremely rural mountain country. Her schoolteacher, Miss Carol, though a mountain girl herself, has gone off to be educated and returned in hopes of stopping the tradition of child marriage which permeates the culture. Jennie's father Ira is a good man who tries to protect Miss Carol from the men who threaten her if she doesn't call off her crusade. One of these men, Jake Bolby, has his eye on little Jennie and plots to make her his bride. NOTE: the actress playing Jennie was 14 years old when she made this film, and appears topless in a couple of shots.
Фильм о знаменитом пианисте, певце и композиторе, легенде рок-н-рола, Джерри Ли Льюисе. В центре картины стоит его любовь к жене, тринадцатилетней Майре, из-за юности которой на него было столько нападок. Майра была дочерью его двоюродного брата, в доме которого он жил, но и музыка в картине, естественно, не забыта. Льюис стал королем рока тогда, когда в расцвете был Элвис Пресли, и это было не легко, но гений, данный ему от бога, заявил о себе бешено и властно. Знаете ли Вы, что... :
Часть фортепьянных партий в фильме исполнена самим Дэнисом Куэйдом.
Ever since it was revealed that the chocolate industry is involved with child slavery in the Ivory Coast, the industry has been busy – due to consumer demands – explaining what exactly it does to actively fight trafficking and child labour. But does the industry live up to its own promises?In this investigative film, director Miki Mistrati tries to find out, if the chocolate industry – which is one of the largest corporations in the world – speak the truth, when they say that they provide education, medical care etc for the children of the Ivory Coast. But the project runs into trouble already from the get-go, because the embassy of the Ivory Coast won’t let Miki enter the country until he has an invitation – from the chocolate industry.
Два молодых влюблённых друг в друга парня из Республики Гвинея решили никогда не расставаться. Но, когда их родители узнают о порочных отношениях своих детей, то срочно решают их развести и поженить.
Случайно найденное письмо подталкивает героиню Кларенс отправиться на поиски тех мест, где ее отец Джеймс и дядя Килиан провели большую часть своей молодости, на остров Фернандо-По. В недрах этих пышных и соблазнительных земель, девушка раскапывает тайны истории запретной любви, обернутой бурными историческими обстоятельствами, последствия которых привели к нынешней ситуации…
Cyprien Tokoudagba is from the city of Abomey in the Benin Republic of West Africa, where he paints the religious houses of the vodun. Haas and his film crew follow Cyprien as he first paints and then takes part in the ceremony to open a new temple. The paintings include three vodun figures and several emblems, including a pipe and a duck. Cyprien explains his work in the context of the religion and takes the crew to film two other local ceremonies, one where the dead are believed to come back to instruct the living through wild dancing and, another, where women warriors perform their war dances.
В затерянной среди амазонских лесов деревушке одиннадцатилетний Алонсо проводит лето со своей старшей сестрой Даниэлой. Девушку готовят в жены местному пророку по прозвищу Лев, прикосновение которого, согласно легенде, несет с собой заряд электричества.
This revealing documentary offers a rare view of daily life in West Africa. Shot in Senegal, Selbe focuses on the social role and economic responsibility of women in African society. Because men often leave their communities to earn money in the city, women are left with sole responsibility for their families. Through the character of Selbe we observe how one woman's personal struggle reflects the broader issues faced by many women in developing countries.
In 1989, this film was part of the PAMEZ project in Senegal which was part of the sea program of the CCFD, Catholic Committee against Hunger and for Development. It presents the economic and social role of women in the Casamance region for the development of fishing. These women who process and market fish, who are responsible for management, have a voice and express their opinion.
Child marriages have been an unnoticed reality in some sections of the Muslim community in Sri Lanka. This film tells the story of Fatima, a 16-year old school girl, who is set to marry a man far older than her. Not only her right to education is denied but her consent to marriage too. Until she accidentally meets her future husband, she has not even seen him. She is caught up between her hopes and the reality of her destiny.
16-year-old Hormoz is consoled by the prospect of hiring on at the strip mine as he is married off to 13-year-old Hendi. Alas, the young man finds the doors of opportunity shut tight. When Hendi becomes pregnant Hormoz enters into an ominous pact with a smuggler in order to ensure his family’s livelihood.
Short film about child marriage.
While working as a photographer in Benin, West Africa, a two-week trip will turn into a two months personal journey. Me dicen Yovo (I'm a Yovo) is a visual diary of that experience. A Peruvian traveller is an odd presence in Benin whose ethnic a cultural identities are constantly creating unique situations, and provoking original thoughts on what it means to be from the "third world".
When Lena and Ulli start the engine of their old Land Rover, Lady Terés, they have a plan: to drive from Hamburg to South Africa in six months. What they don't know yet is that they won't ever get there. Two totally different characters, jammed together in two square meters of space for almost two years, they experience what it really means to travel: leaving your comfort zone for good.
Three working-class teenage girls in a port city in Bangladesh escape daily hardships and stifling family lives by riding waves on their surfboards and grabbing hold of the fleeting and thrilling sense of freedom that brings.