Childhood Studies Film Project 3 ~ Child Soldiers

Film: Voces Inocentes (Innocent Voices) 2004. 90 minutes.

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A Mexican film directed by Luis Mandoki.  The plot is set during the Salvadoran Civil War in Cuscatanzingo, and is based on writer Óscar Torres's childhood. The film serves as a general commentary on the military use of children. The movie also shows injustice against innocent people who are forced to fight in the war. It follows the story of the narrator, a boy named Chava (description taken of the movie’s Facebook page).

Date: Wednesday, April 17^th 2013

Time: 17h00 – 19h00

Location: 6^th Floor Staff Room

                 Chrystal Macmillan Building

                 15A George Square

                 Edinburgh EH8 9LD

Facilitator: Nathalia Salamanca-Sarmiento, researcher of the Children and Armed Conflict Observatory from the Coalition against the involvement of boys, girls and youth into the armed conflict in Colombia (2009-2012).

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