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100% Asphalt
directed by Carol Mansour, 1961-; produced by Forward Film Productions (Beirut, Bayrut: Forward Film Productions, 2009), 26 mins
"100% Asphalt" is about a street that tells its own story. A street that shelters more than 200 million children with only asphalt, noise and rage for a home. “100% Asphalt” is a film from the heart, shot on the streets in the heart of the city, and revealing unspeakable truths. 26 minutes of testimonies from...
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directed by Carol Mansour, 1961-; produced by Forward Film Productions (Beirut, Bayrut: Forward Film Productions, 2009), 26 mins
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"100% Asphalt" is about a street that tells its own story. A street that shelters more than 200 million children with only asphalt, noise and rage for a home. “100% Asphalt” is a film from the heart, shot on the streets in the heart of the city, and revealing unspeakable truths. 26 minutes of testimonies from abandoned children, left to their misery and destitution, and surviving on violence and drugs.
Field of Study
Social Work
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Forward Film Productions, Najwa Kassem, fl. 1993
Author / Creator
Carol Mansour, 1961-
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Forward Film Productions
Speaker / Narrator
Najwa Kassem, fl. 1993
Topic / Theme
Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria Borders, Illegal drugs, Children, Anthropology, Lebanese, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2002 Forward Film Production
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About a War
directed by Daniele Rugo, fl. 2009 and Abi Weaver, fl. 2009; produced by Daniele Rugo, fl. 2009 and Abi Weaver, fl. 2009 (Portland, OR: Collective Eye Films, 2019), 1 hour 23 mins
The Lebanese Civil War saw 170,000 dead, 1 million displaced and 17,000 people still missing. During the conflict thousands of teenagers picked up arms to fight in a 15 years war that tore the nation apart. Moving through the testimonies of Assad, a right wing Christian intelligence officer; Ahed, a Palestinian re...
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directed by Daniele Rugo, fl. 2009 and Abi Weaver, fl. 2009; produced by Daniele Rugo, fl. 2009 and Abi Weaver, fl. 2009 (Portland, OR: Collective Eye Films, 2019), 1 hour 23 mins
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The Lebanese Civil War saw 170,000 dead, 1 million displaced and 17,000 people still missing. During the conflict thousands of teenagers picked up arms to fight in a 15 years war that tore the nation apart. Moving through the testimonies of Assad, a right wing Christian intelligence officer; Ahed, a Palestinian refugee fighter and Nassim, a Communist commander, About a War unpicks the personal motivations, trauma and regret of militiamen who pick...
The Lebanese Civil War saw 170,000 dead, 1 million displaced and 17,000 people still missing. During the conflict thousands of teenagers picked up arms to fight in a 15 years war that tore the nation apart. Moving through the testimonies of Assad, a right wing Christian intelligence officer; Ahed, a Palestinian refugee fighter and Nassim, a Communist commander, About a War unpicks the personal motivations, trauma and regret of militiamen who picked up arms during the civil war. With no official account of the conflict, their testimonies build a multi-perspective picture of a crucial turning point in Lebanese history that radically transformed the Middle East.
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Field of Study
Social Work
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Daniele Rugo, fl. 2009, Abi Weaver, fl. 2009
Author / Creator
Daniele Rugo, fl. 2009, Abi Weaver, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Topic / Theme
Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990, War and Violence, Lebanese
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Architects of Change, Series 2, Episode 10, Rebuilding with Our Own Hands
directed by Jean Bourbonnais; produced by Groupe PVP and Lato Sensu Productions, in Architects of Change, Series 2, Episode 10 (Paris, Ile-de-France: Terranoa, 2011), 1 hour 9 mins
Architects of Change is a documentary series, that is visiting a new kind of pioneers. They are farmers, chemists, architects, doctors, tradesmen and bankers… These Architects of Change, are looking for and practicing innovative solutions which counteract the threats weighing against our future. Far from being p...
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directed by Jean Bourbonnais; produced by Groupe PVP and Lato Sensu Productions, in Architects of Change, Series 2, Episode 10 (Paris, Ile-de-France: Terranoa, 2011), 1 hour 9 mins
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Architects of Change is a documentary series, that is visiting a new kind of pioneers. They are farmers, chemists, architects, doctors, tradesmen and bankers… These Architects of Change, are looking for and practicing innovative solutions which counteract the threats weighing against our future. Far from being political or economical militants, they are, above all, entrepreneurs. They have decided to undertake a new way to have sustainable and...
Architects of Change is a documentary series, that is visiting a new kind of pioneers. They are farmers, chemists, architects, doctors, tradesmen and bankers… These Architects of Change, are looking for and practicing innovative solutions which counteract the threats weighing against our future. Far from being political or economical militants, they are, above all, entrepreneurs. They have decided to undertake a new way to have sustainable and lasting growth for mankind and our planet.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Groupe PVP, Lato Sensu Productions, Sven Eriksson
Author / Creator
Jean Bourbonnais
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Terranoa
Series
Architects of Change
Speaker / Narrator
Sven Eriksson
Topic / Theme
Postwar reconstruction, Civil rights, Prisoners, War, World War II, 1939-1945, War and Violence
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 Film Platform
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Cafe Chavalos: Overcoming the Streets
directed by Alberto Chamorro, fl. 2006; produced by Alberto Chamorro, fl. 2006 (Burbank, CA: Cinema Libre Studio, 2009), 1 hour 16 mins
Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America and is the poorest country in the region where 80% of the country's population survives on less than $1 per day. Managua is the capital, but Granada is its oldest city. Despite its coastal beauty and colonial architecture, the picturesque streets of Granada are l...
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directed by Alberto Chamorro, fl. 2006; produced by Alberto Chamorro, fl. 2006 (Burbank, CA: Cinema Libre Studio, 2009), 1 hour 16 mins
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Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America and is the poorest country in the region where 80% of the country's population survives on less than $1 per day. Managua is the capital, but Granada is its oldest city. Despite its coastal beauty and colonial architecture, the picturesque streets of Granada are littered with kids ("chavalos") who have succumbed to the country's economic circumstance. Many are uneducated and addicted to drugs. Th...
Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America and is the poorest country in the region where 80% of the country's population survives on less than $1 per day. Managua is the capital, but Granada is its oldest city. Despite its coastal beauty and colonial architecture, the picturesque streets of Granada are littered with kids ("chavalos") who have succumbed to the country's economic circumstance. Many are uneducated and addicted to drugs. The drug of choice due to its affordability and accessibility: glue-sniffing. With no means of receiving an education, learning basic job skills, or finding employment, these children are left with no options and no hope.
CAFE CHAVALOS: OVERCOMING THE STREETS follows Orlando, Oscar, Juan Carlos, and Moises as they attempt to rehabilitate their lives through a program called Cafe Chavalos - a culinary school, restaurant, and rehab center. In their young lives, they have endured drug use, gang violence, abuse, and family suicides, but miraculously found hope through this program. They learn to cook, wait tables, and run a business. However, during the course of their own journey, the Cafe runs into financial problems (funded by a non-profit group), lose their head Chef, and is forced to close. How does that affect the boys? Will the cafe re-open? Can they persevere?
Nicaraguan filmmaker, Alberto Chamorro, documents the poverty and the lives of these chavalos with compassion, respect and objectivity. Through his observation, he witnesses a transformation not only of the boys, but of a city that has been defined by its circumstances and not by its beauty.
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Field of Study
Social Work
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Alberto Chamorro, fl. 2006
Author / Creator
Alberto Chamorro, fl. 2006
Date Published / Released
2008, 2009
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Speaker / Narrator
Donna Tabor
Person Discussed
Donna Tabor
Topic / Theme
Nicaragua (1960s - Present), Poverty, Rehabilitation, Addictions, At-risk youth, Anthropology, Nicaraguans, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 Cinema Libre Studio
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Citizens Mobilize After Mexico Quake
produced by Neeti Upadhye, fl. 2010 and Veda Shastri, fl. 2010, New York Times Company (New York, NY: The New York Times 360, 2017), 1 min
Volunteers are banding together to help rescue workers clear rubble and distribute resources after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook Mexico City on Tuesday.
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produced by Neeti Upadhye, fl. 2010 and Veda Shastri, fl. 2010, New York Times Company (New York, NY: The New York Times 360, 2017), 1 min
Description
Volunteers are banding together to help rescue workers clear rubble and distribute resources after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook Mexico City on Tuesday.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
360VR
Contributor
Neeti Upadhye, fl. 2010, Veda Shastri, fl. 2010, New York Times Company
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
The New York Times 360
Topic / Theme
21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2017 New York Times Company
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Desert Bayou
directed by Alex LeMay, fl. 2004; produced by Mike Russell, fl. 2004, James D. Morris, fl. 2007, MaryBeth Mazzone, fl. 2002, Master P, 1967-, Alex LeMay, fl. 2004 and Jimmy Finkl, fl. 2007, Third Coast Media Group and Taproot Productions (Burbank, CA: Cinema Libre Studio, 2007), 54 mins
In the wake of the worst natural and humanitarian disasters ever to visit American shores, nearly 600 African-Americans were airlifted to the almost entirely white state of Utah...without their knowledge. DESERT BAYOU seeks to examine whether two cultures can come together in a time of utter chaos, or whether thei...
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directed by Alex LeMay, fl. 2004; produced by Mike Russell, fl. 2004, James D. Morris, fl. 2007, MaryBeth Mazzone, fl. 2002, Master P, 1967-, Alex LeMay, fl. 2004 and Jimmy Finkl, fl. 2007, Third Coast Media Group and Taproot Productions (Burbank, CA: Cinema Libre Studio, 2007), 54 mins
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In the wake of the worst natural and humanitarian disasters ever to visit American shores, nearly 600 African-Americans were airlifted to the almost entirely white state of Utah...without their knowledge. DESERT BAYOU seeks to examine whether two cultures can come together in a time of utter chaos, or whether their differences prove too great a challenge to overcome. In their own words, evacuees of Hurricane Katrina tell how they survived the sto...
In the wake of the worst natural and humanitarian disasters ever to visit American shores, nearly 600 African-Americans were airlifted to the almost entirely white state of Utah...without their knowledge. DESERT BAYOU seeks to examine whether two cultures can come together in a time of utter chaos, or whether their differences prove too great a challenge to overcome. In their own words, evacuees of Hurricane Katrina tell how they survived the storm of the century and, out of the rubble, ended up at a military installation in the Utah deserts. With interviews from recording artist Master P, celebrity Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, evacuees, political and military leaders, and community and social figures, the questions of race, politics and religion hurdle towards each other in this truly American story: a story of loss and reunion, of sorrow and rebirth, of anger and rejoicing, but most of all...a story of hope.
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Field of Study
Social Work
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Beverly Wright, fl. 2000, Master P, 1967-, Shmuley Boteach, 1966-, Mike Russell, fl. 2004, James D. Morris, fl. 2007, MaryBeth Mazzone, fl. 2002, Alex LeMay, fl. 2004, Jimmy Finkl, fl. 2007, Third Coast Media Group, Taproot Productions, Arthur Hoyle
Author / Creator
Alex LeMay, fl. 2004
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Speaker / Narrator
Arthur Hoyle
Topic / Theme
Hurricane Katrina, Race and culture, Evacuations, Refugees, Survivors, Natural disasters, Tropical cyclones, Hurricane Katrina, August 23-30, 2005, Climate and the Environment, Geography, Anthropology, Politics & Policy, African Americans, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2007 Cinema Libre Studio
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The End of Poverty
directed by Philippe Diaz, fl. 1980; produced by Philippe Diaz, fl. 1980, Beth Portello, fl. 2003-2018, Matthew Stillman, 1967- and Richard Castro, fl. 2007, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation and Cinema Libre Studio (Burbank, CA: Cinema Libre Studio, 2010), 1 hour 45 mins
The End of Poverty? is a daring, thought-provoking, and very timely documentary by award-winning filmmaker, Philippe Diaz, revealing that poverty is not an accident. It began with military conquest, slavery, and colonization that resulted in the seizure of land, minerals, and forced labor. Today, global poverty ha...
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directed by Philippe Diaz, fl. 1980; produced by Philippe Diaz, fl. 1980, Beth Portello, fl. 2003-2018, Matthew Stillman, 1967- and Richard Castro, fl. 2007, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation and Cinema Libre Studio (Burbank, CA: Cinema Libre Studio, 2010), 1 hour 45 mins
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The End of Poverty? is a daring, thought-provoking, and very timely documentary by award-winning filmmaker, Philippe Diaz, revealing that poverty is not an accident. It began with military conquest, slavery, and colonization that resulted in the seizure of land, minerals, and forced labor. Today, global poverty has reached new levels because of unfair debt, trade, and tax policies -- in other words, wealthy countries exploiting the weaknesses of...
The End of Poverty? is a daring, thought-provoking, and very timely documentary by award-winning filmmaker, Philippe Diaz, revealing that poverty is not an accident. It began with military conquest, slavery, and colonization that resulted in the seizure of land, minerals, and forced labor. Today, global poverty has reached new levels because of unfair debt, trade, and tax policies -- in other words, wealthy countries exploiting the weaknesses of poor, developing countries.
The End of Poverty? asks why today 20% of the planet’s population uses 80% of its resources and consumes 30% more than the planet can regenerate?
The film has been selected to over 25 international film festivals and will be released in US theatres starting November 13, 2009. Directed by Philippe Diaz, produced by Cinema Libre Studio with the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, 104mins, 2008, USA, documentary in English, Spanish, and French with English Subtitles.
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Field of Study
Social Work
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Philippe Diaz, fl. 1980, Beth Portello, fl. 2003-2018, Matthew Stillman, 1967-, Richard Castro, fl. 2007, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, Cinema Libre Studio, Martin Sheen, 1940-
Author / Creator
Philippe Diaz, fl. 1980
Date Published / Released
2008, 2010
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Speaker / Narrator
Martin Sheen, 1940-
Topic / Theme
Human Population Growth, Economic policy, Poverty, International trade, Globalization, Politics & Policy, Economics, History, Sociology, Ecology, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914), 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2010 Cinema Libre Studio
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Everyone's Child
directed by Tsitsi Dangarembga, 1959-; produced by Ben Zulu, fl. 1994, John Riber, fl. 1993 and Jonny Persey, fl. 1996, Media for Development Trust (California Newsreel, 1996), 1 hour 23 mins
Everyone's Child is an eloquent call for action on behalf of Africa's millions of parentless children.
Through the tragic story of one Zimbabwean family devastated by AIDS, the film challenges Africans to reaffirm their tradition that an orphan becomes "Everyone's Child." Everyone's Child is the most recent produ...
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directed by Tsitsi Dangarembga, 1959-; produced by Ben Zulu, fl. 1994, John Riber, fl. 1993 and Jonny Persey, fl. 1996, Media for Development Trust (California Newsreel, 1996), 1 hour 23 mins
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Everyone's Child is an eloquent call for action on behalf of Africa's millions of parentless children.
Through the tragic story of one Zimbabwean family devastated by AIDS, the film challenges Africans to reaffirm their tradition that an orphan becomes "Everyone's Child." Everyone's Child is the most recent production from Zimbabwe's Media for Development Trust (MFD). This prolific production company represents one significant trend among Africa...
Everyone's Child is an eloquent call for action on behalf of Africa's millions of parentless children.
Through the tragic story of one Zimbabwean family devastated by AIDS, the film challenges Africans to reaffirm their tradition that an orphan becomes "Everyone's Child." Everyone's Child is the most recent production from Zimbabwe's Media for Development Trust (MFD). This prolific production company represents one significant trend among African filmmakers: producing feature films to intervene explicitly in urgent social issues. For example, MFD's first feature, Neria, which called on women to exercise their newly won legal rights against patriarchal custom, broke box office records so that eventually one in three Zimbabweans saw it.
Everyone's Child was produced in direct response to the prediction that by the year 2000 there will be over 10,000,000 AIDS orphans on the African continent. At the same time, the film focuses attention on millions of other children left homeless by civil wars or abandoned because their parents could not support them. MFD first conceived Everyone's Child as a training tape for community-based orphan care programs. But the rapid spread of AIDS made the problem so acute they felt only a feature film could place the issue at the forefront of the national agenda.
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Field of Study
Social Work
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
Ben Zulu, fl. 1994, John Riber, fl. 1993, Jonny Persey, fl. 1996, Media for Development Trust
Author / Creator
Tsitsi Dangarembga, 1959-
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
California Newsreel
Topic / Theme
AIDS, Orphans, Children, Government aid, Community centers, Zimbabweans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1996 California Newsreel
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Food Chains
directed by Sanjay Rawal; produced by Hamilton Fish, 1888-1991, Smriti Keshari, fl. 2010, Eva Longoria, 1975- and Sanjay Rawal, Illumine Group and Two Moons Production; performed by Forest Whitaker, 1961-, Eric Schlosser, 1959-, Geraldo Reyes Chavez and Eva Longoria, 1975- (Ro*Co Films, 2014), 1 hour 23 mins
There is more interest in food these days than ever, yet there is very little interest in the hands that pick it. Farmworkers, the foundation of our fresh food industry, are routinely abused and robbed of wages. In extreme cases they can be beaten, sexually harassed or even enslaved - all within the borders of the...
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directed by Sanjay Rawal; produced by Hamilton Fish, 1888-1991, Smriti Keshari, fl. 2010, Eva Longoria, 1975- and Sanjay Rawal, Illumine Group and Two Moons Production; performed by Forest Whitaker, 1961-, Eric Schlosser, 1959-, Geraldo Reyes Chavez and Eva Longoria, 1975- (Ro*Co Films, 2014), 1 hour 23 mins
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There is more interest in food these days than ever, yet there is very little interest in the hands that pick it. Farmworkers, the foundation of our fresh food industry, are routinely abused and robbed of wages. In extreme cases they can be beaten, sexually harassed or even enslaved - all within the borders of the United States. Food Chains reveals the human cost in our food supply and the complicity of large buyers of produce like fast food and...
There is more interest in food these days than ever, yet there is very little interest in the hands that pick it. Farmworkers, the foundation of our fresh food industry, are routinely abused and robbed of wages. In extreme cases they can be beaten, sexually harassed or even enslaved - all within the borders of the United States. Food Chains reveals the human cost in our food supply and the complicity of large buyers of produce like fast food and supermarkets.
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Field of Study
Food Studies Online
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Forest Whitaker, 1961-, Eric Schlosser, 1959-, Geraldo Reyes Chavez, Eva Longoria, 1975-
Contributor
Forest Woodward, Hamilton Fish, 1888-1991, Smriti Keshari, fl. 2010, Eva Longoria, 1975-, Sanjay Rawal, Illumine Group, Two Moons Production, Forest Whitaker, 1961-
Author / Creator
Sanjay Rawal, Forest Whitaker, 1961-, Eric Schlosser, 1959-, Geraldo Reyes Chavez, Eva Longoria, 1975-
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Ro*Co Films
Speaker / Narrator
Forest Whitaker, 1961-
Topic / Theme
Farm workers, Human rights, Himself 1, Himself 2, Himself 3, Herself 1
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Freedom Project, Operation Hope
produced by Cable News Network (CNN), in Freedom Project (Atlanta, GA: Cable News Network (CNN), 2012), 50 mins
In May 2011, the CNN Freedom Project highlighted the story of a 7-year-old boy kidnapped off the streets of Bangladesh by a criminal gang that, according to authorities, for years snatched children, crippled them, and then forced them to beg. When this young boy refused - he was beaten, stabbed and mutilated. His...
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produced by Cable News Network (CNN), in Freedom Project (Atlanta, GA: Cable News Network (CNN), 2012), 50 mins
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In May 2011, the CNN Freedom Project highlighted the story of a 7-year-old boy kidnapped off the streets of Bangladesh by a criminal gang that, according to authorities, for years snatched children, crippled them, and then forced them to beg. When this young boy refused - he was beaten, stabbed and mutilated. His injuries shocked everyone who saw the story. But one CNN viewer was so outraged, he took a stand. He offered to help the boy, and trigg...
In May 2011, the CNN Freedom Project highlighted the story of a 7-year-old boy kidnapped off the streets of Bangladesh by a criminal gang that, according to authorities, for years snatched children, crippled them, and then forced them to beg. When this young boy refused - he was beaten, stabbed and mutilated. His injuries shocked everyone who saw the story. But one CNN viewer was so outraged, he took a stand. He offered to help the boy, and triggered a chain reaction of goodwill that spanned the globe - and changed the boy's life. In Operation Hope, CNN Sr. International Correspondent Sara Sidner charts the boy's remarkable journey and the people who made it happen - complete strangers, half a world away. It's a story of injustice and compassion - but also a story of hope.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Cable News Network (CNN)
Author / Creator
Sara Sidner, 1972-
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Cable News Network (CNN)
Series
Freedom Project
Topic / Theme
21st Century in World History (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright ©2012 CNN Newsource Sales, Inc.
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