Underplayed Gems

Fatima (1993)

Fatima poster
Directed by
Albert Hytteballe Pedersen
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
53 min
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How it feels

A documentary portrait of a young girl in northern Portugal who loves to read but is forced to do child labor. The film intercuts color scenes of her life with black-and-white footage and interviews that reveal the harsh conditions many children face there.

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What happens

Fatima er en dansk dokumentarfilm fra 1993 instrueret af Albert Hytteballe Pedersen efter eget manuskript. Fatima bor i det nordlige Portugal og elsker at læse og glemme verden. Og det kan der være god grund til, for som så mange andre børn i området er hun tvunget til at udføre børnearbejde. Med Fatimas skæbne som ramme, sætter filmen fokus på udnyttelsen af børn, der ofte udfører fysisk hårdt arbejde i hele 10-12 timer af døgnets rytme. Rammehistorien er i farver, mens den afsøgende dokumentation af misbruget, der indimellem afbrydes af arbejdsgiverne, og de mange interviews af børn er holdt i kontrastrige sort/hvide-optagelser. En lærer spår traurigt om Fatimas skæbne: Hun får børn, før hun er fyldt 18, og vil være udslidt som 20-årig. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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