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Of Hopscotch and Little Girls... - DVD ONF/NFB


Catalogue Number:  NFB520879
Producer:  National Film Board Of Canada
Producers:  Marcel Simard, Nicole Lamothe
Directors:  Marquise Lepage
Producing Agencies:  Les productions Virage inc. (Montreal), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject:  Abuse, Black History, Canadian Social Studies, Civics, Diversity, Documentary, Early Childhood Education, Family Studies/Home Economics, Global Issues, Global Studies, Health and Medicine, Social Issues, Social Studies, Violence
Language:  English
Grade Level:  Post Secondary
Country Of Origin:  Canada
Copyright Year:  1999
Running Time:  52:01
Closed Captions:  Yes


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Hopscotch is universal. Girls around the world trace squares on the ground, then hop through them, trying hard to reach the end. Girls share other interests too; they all like to talk about school, what they want to be when they grow up, who they will marry, how many children they will have, their hopes for a better life for themselves and their family.

But all too often, through poverty, perversion, spite, ignorance or superstition, adults shatter these dreams by denying girls the right to an education, entering them into forced labour, subjecting them to mutilation, sexual abuse and other injustices.

Soni, Kamlesh, Mou, Yui, Dalal, Esmeralda, Fatou, Adiaratou, Safi and Maude range in age from 8 to 14. Some are frail, some strong; all are beautiful. Whether they live in India, Thailand, Yemen, Peru, Burkina Faso or Haiti, they all speak of having much of their childhood stolen from them. Because they are girls. With subtitles.



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