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Boys, Toys and the Big Blue Marble

2007 52 min
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Boys living in poverty across the world tell us of their lives, amusements and sometimes their hopes. Boys, Toys and the Big Blue Marble appraises childhoods destroyed by slavery, criminality, war, sexual exploitation and human stupidity.

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Boys living in poverty across the world tell us of their lives, amusements and sometimes their hopes. Boys, Toys and the Big Blue Marble appraises childhoods destroyed by slavery, criminality, war, sexual exploitation and human stupidity.

  • participant
    Reinaldo Tellez Cardenas
    Jhonny Dorado-Castro
    Anikoumah
    Shiran
    Janish
    Myo Ming
    Soe Thue
    Anthony Pedro
    Armand Marco
    Fabricio
    William
    Abdoulaye
    Modibhu
    Bouba
    Bouya
    Alasane
  • research
    Nancy Marcotte
    Évangéline De Pas
    Marquise Lepage
    Erica Pomerance
    Capucine Powers
    Sarah Champagne
  • stock shot research
    Évangéline De Pas
    Nancy Marcotte
  • unit manager
    Erica Pomerance
    Serge Lafortune
    Eunice Gutman
    Marie-Ève Drouin-Gagné
  • translation
    Eunice Gutman
    Mamadou Nango
    Marie-Ève Drouin-Gagné
    Sally Mowlay
    Myo Min
    Kevin Balthazaar
    Stephen Balthazaar
    Nancy Marcotte
    Joseph Pakiasothy
    Yacoumba Doumbia
    Ninfa Calizaya Baltazar
    Jimmy Escobar Oyola
    Claire Rothman
  • camera
    François Vincelette
  • additional camera
    Marquise Lepage
    Katerine Giguère
  • sound
    Mélanie Gauthier
    Marc Larouche
  • editing
    Dominique Champagne
  • song - writer
    Jamil
  • original music
    Jamil
  • musician
    Jamil
    Nicolas Grégoire
    Julien Bradette
    Renno Pichardo
    Nathalie Kora
  • singer and musician
    Rafael Martin Neves
    Fabio Henrique Da Silva
    Leandro Pires Vieira
    Arnaldo, Junior Tavares
    Jeferson Seuza
    Grupo Rumillajta
    Luis Copa-Choque
    Supay Wawas
    Grupo Kolla Suyonan
    Cheik Ouman Coulibaly
    Bouba Kouyate
  • music recording
    Stéphane Grimm
  • mix
    Stéphane Grimm
  • online editing
    Michel Tougas
  • supervisor
    François Senneville
  • sound designer
    François Senneville
  • assistant
    Pierre Laroche
    Jérôme Lapointe
  • dialog editing
    Guy Pelletier
    Valérie Dufort-Boucher
  • foley artist
    Nicolas Gagnon
  • off-cam voice
    Lawrence Arcouette
    Marc Saint-Martin
    Alexis Chartrand
    Gabriel Benoit
    Marquise Lepage
  • off-cam voice recording
    Vincent Dufour
    Benoît Leduc
  • audio mixer
    Gavin Fernandes Cas
  • head of development
    Stéphanie Verrier
  • administrator
    Jean Brien
  • production coordinator
    Christine Dugas
  • post-production coordinator
    Isabelle Fortier
  • executive producer
    Marcel Simard
  • producer
    Monique Simard
  • script
    Marquise Lepage
  • director
    Marquise Lepage
  • voice director
    A.J. Henderson

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Education

Ages 15 to 17
Study Guide
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This film examines several issues involving children: labour, exploitation, war, drugs, violence, religion, love. Is it morally acceptable for us to turn a blind eye to child soldiers, child labour, child sex tourism, child slavery? Ask your students to compare their lives with those of these children and to define the values they deem important. Consider visiting the United Nations website and discussing measures adopted by international authorities to protect children’s rights.

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