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Of Hopscotch and Little Girls...
1999
52 min
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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 …
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.
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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directorMarquise Lepage
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scriptMarquise Lepage
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original ideaRaymonde Provencher
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researchRaymonde ProvencherMarquise LepageMarcel SimardMonique Simard
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director of photographyFrançois Vincelette
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soundDiane Carrière
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picture editorNatacha Dufaux
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sound editingLusse Cloutier
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musicRobert Marcel Lepage
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executive producerMonique Simard
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co-producerNicole Lamothe
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producerMarcel Simard
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participationFatou DénéSafi BougmaAdjaratou BougmaMaude DurasSoni SoniKamlesh KhatikEsmeralda Ramirez-SallasMouYuiDalal Abdelaziz
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translationKathleen Fee
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voiceKathleen Fee
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researcherAminatou BandéWatine SouIsabelle ChenSylviane TramierLi GuoArchana AnandPatralkha ChaterjeeLucie Kearns VézinaRachèle MagloireZein Elabdin FouadJocelyne Talbot
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interpreterAminatou BandéWatine SouIsabelle ChenSylviane TramierLi GuoArchana AnandPatralkha ChaterjeeLucie Kearns VézinaRachèle MagloireZein Elabdin FouadJocelyne Talbot
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camera assistantNathalie LasselinDawn Nichol
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editing internIsabelle Lavigne
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musicianJavad Davari
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sound editorRobert Poirier
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singerNazaré PereiraR. Casoy de QueirozF. LeibovitzJC Pereira Conde
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production managerNadège PouyezJean-François LapriseIsabelle Fortier
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assistant to the producerDiane GallantBrigitte SénéchalMarie-Christine Guité
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administratorJean-François FoucaultJean BrienDenise DesLauriersLouise Ouellette
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distributionJoanne Carrière
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unit publicityChantal Dufresne Communications
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sound mixingSerge BoivinJean Paul Vialard
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negative cuttingNicole Côté
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titlesGaspard Gaudreau
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online editingDenis PilonSylvain Desbiens
Ages 12 to 15
School subjects
This film speaks to the differences in cultures and traditions that dramatically influence young girls in various countries. Are their life journeys different from those of young girls here? Do they seem happy in their situations? Are they fearful about the future? Resigned to their fates? Can the international community do something to help? This is an opportunity to explore birth-rate policies, both official and unofficial, understand their consequences on individuals, and study Canada’s child-protection policies.