 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Growing Up Global
Thursday, August 29, 2002
Ten years ago, filmmaker Bruno Sorrentino began recording the lives of eight newborn babies from around the world. In 1992, world leaders met in Brazil for the Earth Summit on sustainable development. There they made plans and promises to conquer the global problems of overpopulation, over-consumption and poverty. In the ten years since, Sorrentino has revisited the children repeatedly and recorded how their lives have been affected by the issues discussed at Rio. Now, as world leaders prepare to journey to Johannesburg this August for the Rio+10 follow-up summit, Sorrentino returns to film these children and to see whether the promises of Rio have been kept. His camera captures his subjects, now ten years old, coping with the problems of racism, poverty, child labor, political violence, environmental degradation and access to education. Shot on location in South Africa, Kenya, Brazil, Latvia, the UK, the U.S., India and China, this film is a touching and timely portrait of children growing up in the world of the 21st century.
 Watch a preview video
Director Bruno Sorrentino, an award-winning filmmaker, has directed a wide range of documentaries for British television. Most recently, he
completed RESERVOIR RAIDERS on the growing water conflict between
Israeli settlers and Palestinians in the West Bank and SECRETS OF THE
SAUDI STATE, which examined the roots of terrorism in Saudi Arabia.
 For those viewers who have contacted WIDE ANGLE about helping the children depicted in this film, the filmmakers recommend the following charities:
UNICEF Worldwide
The Goodwill Social Work Centre
Prof. Dr. J Christopher Daniel, Honorary Executive Director
5 South Street Extension
Singarayar Colony
Madurai 625002
India
Tel: 0452 531 175
Photos: AP
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
