Country:Germany

Director:Brigitte Maris Bertele

Program:Contemporary World Cinema

Summary:

This film collects a series of modest portraits of street children trying to survive in the Ghanian capitol of Acra. They scavenge on the waste dumps, play soccer on the beach, are bored at school, watch violent videos and rob bus passengers of their baggage. Meanwhile, Amma Darko reads fragments from her autobiographical book in which she compares the depraved situation shown here with Sodom and Gomorra. The different children, each of whom is introduced with a frozen image, have their own reasons why they have got into this situation. They see their choice for the street as an escape into a life without fear, but there is no easy way back.

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