This film shows students what life is like for children around the world. Follow 8to 12year-olds on their journeys to school. Luniko is HIV positive like many of the children in his town, and he wishes his family could afford for him to take a bus to school. Jafer lives in Iraq, and someday wants to be a police officer so that he can help fight terrorism in his country. Rebekka is partially blind and has just recently started walking into town and maneuvering through public transportation on her own. Some deal with bullying while others struggle in poverty. Students describe morning routines, social lives, and concerns for the environment.
This film shows students what life is like for children around the world. Follow 8to 12year-olds on their journeys to school. Luniko is HIV positive like many of the children in his town, and he wishes his family could afford for him to take a bus to school. Jafer lives in Iraq, and someday wants to be a police officer so that he can help fight terrorism in his country. Rebekka is partially blind and has just recently started walking into town and maneuvering through public transportation on her own. Some deal with bullying while others struggle in poverty. Students describe morning routines, social lives, and concerns for the environment.
General Note
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on November 11, 2015.
Originally released by New Docs, 2014.
Content Note
Medication Routine --(2:47) -- Long Walk to School -- (4:00) -- Taking the Subway to School -- (2:52) -- New Yorker at Heart -- (3:17) -- World Concerns -- (2:37) -- Finding Transportation -- (4:01) -- Impacted by Terrorism -- (3:53) -- Morning Farm Routing -- (3:02) -- Bus Ride to School -- (2:54) -- Kindness of Strangers -- (3:13) -- Andri -- (3:14) -- Sibling Support -- (4:04) -- Preparing for the Week -- (2:42) -- Controlled Fires -- (1:51) -- Friendships and School -- (3:42).