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7, 2003: A CHILD’S
CENTURY OF WAR - Location:
Block Museum of Art |
The sad truth is that contemporary warfare kills more children than it does soldiers. Shelly Saywell directed this important film that traces war through the 20th and into the 21st century, tracing how it has come to target children. Three contemporary conflicts in Chechnya, West Bank, and Sierra Leone depict the unimaginable horrors many of the world’s children endure. Sadly, as a result these children have also become the practitioners of war. (2001, 90 min.) "You must not miss this documentary, as tough as it is to watch... A genius work of staggering heartbreak." - Antonia Zerbisias, The Toronto Star
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