I Am Eleven (2012)

Directed by

Genevieve Bailey

Genre

documentary

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

G

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Filmmakers traveled to 15 countries over six years to talk with children who are eleven years old. The film shows their daily lives, hopes, and perspectives from places like Thailand, Sweden, and India.

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What happens

I Am Eleven is a 2011 Australian documentary film by Genevieve Bailey and Henrik Nordstrom, who travelled through 15 countries over a period of six years to explore the lives of 11-year-olds in different environments. The countries that the children are from include Thailand, England, India, France, Australia, Sweden, Morocco, Japan and the Czech Republic. The film has been compared with the 7 Up documentary series and won awards in the USA, Australia, Brazil, France and Spain. The film premiered at the 2011 Melbourne International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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