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A WWII film about children evacuated from Britain and sent to Canada for their safety. The film begins in England with children seeking shelter as anti-aircraft guns roar outside. On their arrival in Canada, they are thr
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A WWII film about children evacuated from Britain and sent to Canada for their safety. The film begins in England with children seeking shelter as anti-aircraft guns roar outside. On their arrival in Canada, they are thr
In the tradition of ETRE ET AVOIR and some of THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL Fifty children of mountain farmers, six miles of walking to school, a childhood in the heart of Switzerland.
The film deals with the fate of children who, together with their parents, were imprisoned in the Teharje camp near Celje. In June 1945, they were separated from their parents and taken to the Petricek children's camp, a
This is a story about the tragedy of an entire nation, which was almost destroyed during the Great Patriotic War. The "Children from the Abyss" are people who miraculously survived among the hundreds of thousands of vict
An August day 1972, Rainer Hartleb stepped into a classroom in the Stockholm suburb of Jordbro and met the students in class 1D for the first time. The idea was to portray the children's way through the elementary school
Find Me is a heartwarming drama that follows three families as they adopt children from China. This feature-length documentary film journeys with them as they seek to discover the back story of those who loved them first
Ike is a strange little creature - half baby, half duck. Escaping from his cot, he flaps madly around the room, making a bee line for a box of matches showing a picture of a swan on the lid. Then all Ike's toys come afte
Over the course of a decade, war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has claimed millions of lives and made orphans of countless children. Dan Balluff's documentary visits Kinshasa to examine the lives these childr
“Kill the Indian to save the man” was the catchphrase of The Carlisle Indian Industrial School, a boarding school opened in Pennsylvania in 1879. It became a grim epitaph for numerous native children who died there. In 2
In love with the village's belle, a passionate nineteen-year-old suitor from Volos and his two friends kidnap her in broad daylight; however, the police and a ruthless criminal are hot on their trail. Will the young love
How to find support in this complicated world that is constantly changing? Especially when you are not eighteen yet, you are burning, full of energy for achievements, but you have no support of a close, dear person who w
Four Ikpeng children introduce us to life in their village. They show their families, their toys, and their celebrations with grace and lightheartedness. We meet the characters that make up their everyday world - from ba
Documentary telling the extraordinary story of how Nicholas Winton rescued 669 children from the clutches of the Nazis, bringing them by train to Britain.
The director traces Slovenian children who were stolen during WW2.
"Loveletters from a Children's Prison" brings us into a prison for teenagers. Many of the boys here will spend most of their lives imprisoned, convicted for hard crimes such as armed robbery, rape and murder. The film re
Coastal erosion is forcing the Inuvialuit to relocate inland, and the young people of Tuktoyaktuk share how their love for the land and culture helps them adapt, heal, and maintain hope for the future.
Unmarried opera singer has a baby, and her friends convince her to pass it off as the grandchild of a wealthy old lady.