A Brighter Future Series
This series of 4 short films was released on World Children’s Day : Nov 20th in English, Hindi, and Bengali. The films, focus on fictional former child laborers and feature messages around overcoming past trauma, rediscovering childhood, self-care, equality and the importance of education as a tool in breaking cycles of child exploitation. They aim at normalizing some of the symptoms children may be dealing with, emphasize that they’ve been rescued from terrible experiences, and try to reassure them that they’ve done nothing wrong.
Films were produced by Medical Aid Films in collaboration with Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and the Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation.
Film 1 – You are in a safe place
Film 2 – Your Feelings
Film 3 – Looking After Yourself
Film 4 – The Value of Education
“It has been a privilege to draw on the expertise of world-leading academics and a wonderful creative team to realise this project. On many of my visits to the childrens’ centres run by Bachpan Bachao Andolan – India, I remember being struck by the incredible resilience of these children; by their capacity to find some resemblance of childhood in the face of adversity the likes of which most of us will never experience in our lifetimes. Post-traumatic stress and the long lasting emotional impacts on children of human trafficking, forced labour and modern slavery are still under-researched and under-emphasised, and it is my hope that these videos provide a contribution to the outstanding work already being done by Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation to rid the world of child labour for good, while supporting victims to forge paths for reintegration.” – Vinni Bhandari
“It has been a privilege to draw on the expertise of world-leading academics and a wonderful creative team to realise this project. On many of my visits to the childrens’ centres run by Bachpan Bachao Andolan – India, I remember being struck by the incredible resilience of these children; by their capacity to find some resemblance of childhood in the face of adversity the likes of which most of us will never experience in our lifetimes. Post-traumatic stress and the long lasting emotional impacts on children of human trafficking, forced labour and modern slavery are still under-researched and under-emphasised, and it is my hope that these videos provide a contribution to the outstanding work already being done by Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation to rid the world of child labour for good, while supporting victims to forge paths for reintegration.” – Vinni Bhandari
Dean Michelle Williams announces a Brighter Future Series