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Rights of the Child (The)

  • Rights of the Child (The)
Genre : Social
Type : Fiction
Original title : Die Rechte der Kinder
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1996
Format : Short
Running time : 13 (in minutes)

The Rights of the Child is a German programme.

Episode 14 - Der aufgespürte Vater

A little girl, Koi, lives with her mother in a hovel in the city of Nairobi. She wants to go to school but her mother doesn't have money to pay for her registration fees. That's when a mysterious man arrives: Captain Dork. He tells Koi she has rights - endorsed by the Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989 - and therefore, her parents are responsable for her education. Stimulated by her need for learning, she starts looking for her father.

Director: Wanjiru Kinyanjui
Production: B&T Film (Allemagne), Kristov Braendli, Rudi Teichmann (Allemagne)

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  • Arterial network
  • Malawi : Blantyre Arts Festival

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