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Two children reminisce over a home movie which walks the line between documentary and experimental film. From a courtyard in bloom at their grandparents' home in the countryside, they are led by a chance encounter to discover the source of a mysterious music.
Filmed at Christmastime in a residential school in Northern Ontario, this first short film by Alanis Obomsawin is composed entirely of drawings and stories told by young Cree children. The film gives voice to the many children forced to attend this residential school, revealing their beauty and resilience.
There is a kind of country, tiny, so small that it ressembles a theatre set. It is inhabited two or three times per day by its people. The inhabitants are small as well. Even if they live under certain laws, they repeatedly put them into question, which leads them to fight violenty with each other. This country is called "The Playground" and its people "The Children". When "The Children" go int...
La vie est immense et pleine de dangers
New product!Cedric is eight years old. One day, he has stomach pains. During the following six months, he will mostly live in a small unit for children suffering from cancer, on the fifth floor of the Institut Curie in Paris. His words and the story intertwine with those of Steve, Dolores and the other children. Cedric will lead us each time a bit further, through all the trials that he'll face until his r...
Two children reminisce over a home movie which walks the line between documentary and experimental film. From a courtyard in bloom at their grandparents' home in the countryside, they are led by a chance encounter to discover the source of a mysterious music.
Filmed at Christmastime in a residential school in Northern Ontario, this first short film by Alanis Obomsawin is composed entirely of drawings and stories told by young Cree children. The film gives voice to the many children forced to attend this residential school, revealing their beauty and resilience.
There is a kind of country, tiny, so small that it ressembles a theatre set. It is inhabited two or three times per day by its people. The inhabitants are small as well. Even if they live under certain laws, they repeatedly put them into question, which leads them to fight violenty with each other. This country is called "The Playground" and its people "The Children". When "The Children" go int...
La vie est immense et pleine de dangers
New product!Cedric is eight years old. One day, he has stomach pains. During the following six months, he will mostly live in a small unit for children suffering from cancer, on the fifth floor of the Institut Curie in Paris. His words and the story intertwine with those of Steve, Dolores and the other children. Cedric will lead us each time a bit further, through all the trials that he'll face until his r...