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All these videos and films should be used with teacher guides and background materials that can bring events up to date with the latest news. Arranged in chronological order.

1.  “When the Bough Breaks:Our Children, Our Environment,” (1990/1991, 52 minutes in 2 parts for classrooms), Produced by Lawrence Moore and Robbie Stamp; A Central/Observer Production in association with Television Trust for the Environment.” The human face of environmental destruction as it affects children worldwide. “ Includes a segment on how environmental destruction leads to poverty, which causes parents to have more children so that they can work and support the family. Reviews, and list of awards available on website. Rent $75, Buy $275. Color. ISBN: 1-56029-400-0 (9-12, college, adults) Bullfrog Films, P.O. Box 149 Oley, PA 19547, tel: (800) 543-FROG (3764); 610/779-8226; fax: 610/370-1978 info@bullfrogfilms.comhttp://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/when.html

2.  "Newsies" (not rated) (125 min.) Color, 1992). Newspaper boys, called "newsies", go on strike in turn-of-the-century New York. Directed by Kenny Ortega (book: Disney Press,1992, $3.50 ISBN 1-56282-115-6 , 132 pages)

3.  "When Children Do the Work” (Approx. 30 minutes. 1996) Produced by California Working Group. Borrows key segments from the National Labor Committee's video, Zoned for Slavery and an episode of the PBS series "Rights and Wrongs" to alert viewers to the use of child1 labor around the world.” For more about this video, and a review, see http://www.rethinkingschools.org/Archives/14_01/vid141.htm

4.  “Tomorrow We'll Finish,” (26 minutes. 1994) Unicef (“… dramatizes the lives of three Nepalese girls in a rug factory in Katmandu.” For more of this review, see http://www.rethinkingschools.org/Archives/14_01/vid141.htm) Contact the Unicef office of your country. Addresses can be obtained from www.unicef.org.

5.  “The Story of Puttinan,” (26 minutes, 1994), Directed by Robbie Hart and Luc Côté. Produced by Adobe Foundations. “A determined Thai girl has experienced the hardship of child1 labor. An episode in the 8-part series that explores whether there is such a thing as a global teenager. The series focuses on the lives of six teens in six different countries and examines the major issues facing young people everywhere.” One questions what impact Western culture has on teen life. Study guide available. Reviews, and list of awards available on website. Rent $50, Buy $175. Color. Closed Captioned. ISBN: 1-56029-610-0 (6-12, college or adult). Bullfrog Films, P.O. Box 149
Oley, PA 19547, tel: (800) 543-FROG (3764); 610/779-8226; fax: 610/370-1978info@bullfrogfilms.com. http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/t166.html

6.  “Zoned for Slavery: The Child Behind the Label,” (23 minutes. 1995)National Labor Committee (“Meet the children who work in the sweatshops of Central America. See the armed guards at the factory's gate. Go inside and watch the young workers being searched to prevent them from bringing food to work. Talk to them about the deplorable conditions: low wages, forced birth control, work quotas, long hours and compulsory overtime, denial of an education. NLC's video reporters went with their cameras so that we could witness what should not be overlooked.”) http://www.nlcnet.org/resource.htm
For a review of this video, and other videos on sweatshops, by Rethinking Schools, see:
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/Archives/14_01/vid141.htm

7.  “I am a Child,” (52 minutes 1996) (International Labor Office video about child1 labor around the world) For further information, please contact the International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC), at the International Labor Office, Geneva, Switzerland: tel: +41.22.799.8181; fax: +41.22.799.8771; e-mail: ipec@ilo.org

8.  “We Are Not Beggars,” (30 minutes, color, 1997), by Wen-jie Qin. Four children perform gymnastic tricks on the streets in a Chinese city (Chengu) to supplement their family’s meager income. They say: We learned these skills and we are using them. We are not beggars. Film non-judgmentally shows a range of responses from local people, from approval to disapproval. Screened at San Francisco Asian-American Film Festival, March 2000. Available from: Documentary Educational Resources, 101 Morse Street, Watertown, MA 01272, USA. Video sale: $195. Rental: $50. tel: (800) 569-6621(617) 926-0491. Fax: (617) 926-9516. http://www.xensei.com/docued/. Email: docued@der.org.

9.  “Ajit,” by Arvind Sinha (28 minutes, color, 1997). An 8-year-old boy from Bihar is a servant in a Calcutta home. He is happy to work, he says, because he gets enough to eat. He has no time for school, but watches TV a lot. His cheerfully recounted dream of becoming a bandit in the future seems shaped by what he sees, although filmmaker allows viewer to make judgment. His parents are sorry that he, one of nine children, doesn’t live with them, but they feel resigned because of their poverty. Screened at Berlin Film Festival, 1996; International Documentary Festival, Amsterdam, 1996; Birmingham International Film Festival, 1996 Video sale: $225. Rental: $55. Filmakers Library, 124 East 40^th Street, New York, NY 10016. tel: (212) 808-4980. http://www.filmakers.com/.

10.  “Child Labor: The Despair and the Hope,” (8.5 minutes. 1998) International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC) (strategies to eliminate child1 labor.) For further information, please contact the International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC), at the International Labor Office, Geneva, Switzerland: tel: +41.22.799.8181; fax: +41.22.799.8771; e-mail: ipec@ilo.org

11.  "Lost Futures," (1999) video accompanying American Federation of Teachers curriculum on child1 labor. American Federation of Teachers, International Affairs Department, 555 New Jersey Ave., NW, Washington D.C. 20001-2079, tel: 202-879-4448, fax: 202-879-4502, email: iadaft@aol.com ; website: http://www.aft.org/international/child1/

12.  “It Takes a Child:Craig Kielburger's Story - A Journey into Child Labour,” (56 minutes, 1998), Directed by Judy Jackson
Produced by Judy Films. “15 year-old child1 labor activist, Craig Kielburger, works for reform around the world.” Two parts for classroom, each 20 minutes long. Reviews, and list of awards available on website. Rent $85. Purchase $250. Color. ISBN: 1-56029-783-2 (5-12, college, adult) Bullfrog Films, P.O. Box 149 Oley, PA 19547, tel: (800) 543-FROG (3764); 610/779-8226; fax: 610/370-1978info@bullfrogfilms.comhttp://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/child.html

13.  “Going Home (Guinea),” (31 minutes, 1999), Directed by Emily Marlow
Produced by Jenny Richards, Television Trust for Environment
Produced in association with the Commission of the European Communities and WITNESS. “10-year old soldier escapes rebel forces in Sierra Leone.” Reviews, and list of awards available on website. Rent $45, Buy $150. Color. ISBN: 1-56029-803-0 (9-12, college, adults) Bullfrog Films, P.O. Box 149 Oley, PA 19547, tel: (800) 543-FROG (3764); 610/779-8226; fax: 610/370-1978info@bullfrogfilms.com http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/goh.html

14.  “Discipline with Dignity (Nepal)” (30 minutes, 1998/1999), Directed by Mohan Mainali and Mohan Bista Produced by Nepal Forum for Environmental Journalists with TVE. Produced in association with the Commission of the European Communities and WITNESS. “The attempt to end corporal punishment in Nepalese schools.”Reviews, and list of awards available on website. Rent $45, Buy $150. Color.ISBN: 1-56029-804-9 (9-12, college, adults) Bullfrog Films, P.O. Box 149 Oley, PA 19547, tel: (800) 543-FROG (3764); 610/779-8226; fax: 610/370-1978 info@bullfrogfilms.com http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/disc.html

15.  "Shackled Children,” (year?)International Labor Organization. Strings together several documentary stories about working children all over the world. Little overt editorial comment, and some stories end on an inconclusive note. Stories include: bonded children making carpets in India; street vendors in Moscow; agricultural workers in the United States. Available from: ILO Washington Office, 1828 L. St., NW, Washington, DC, 20036. (May also be available from other ILO offices.)

16.  “Born to Bondage: Women in India,” (40 min. Video. Year, ???), by Marion Mayer-Hohdahl for Journeyman Pictures, The life of Indian women is often difficult, even at the end of the 20^th century. Pasupathy, an 11-year-old girl, spends the day kneeling at a factory bench gluing together matchstick boxes, earning 25 cents per thousand boxes. The bulk of the film is about the condition of women in India, but the point is made that girls often have to work and marry young.
Sale $295. Rental $55. Filmakers Library, 124 East 40^th Street, New York, NY 10016. tel: (212) 808-4980. http://www.filmakers.com/.

17.  “Tapoori: Children of Bombay,” by Alan Handel . (26 min, Year?)
Two street boys in Bombay --,Subra, 14, and Anwar, 16 – try to survive. Subra “has been living at the Victoria Railway Station for three years. He survives through toughness, guile and hard work, but since he is small he has to pay off the older boys for protection. The film follows Subra as he decides whether to stay on the streets where he is lonely and vulnerable, or return home to his village and family, where in the past he had been beaten by his father. Anwar is sixteen years old and has been living on the streets of Bombay's red light district since he lost both his parents when he was eight. The other street boys are Anwar's family now. They earn money by picking trash from the streets and selling what they find at the market. To escape their dreary life, they inhale glue, they patronize the local prostitutes, and visit the video parlours. While there are some social workers that reach out to them, there is little that can be done to improve their lives.” Sale $225. Rental $55. Filmakers Library, 124 East 40^th Street, New York, NY 10016. tel: (212) 808-4980. http://www.filmakers.com/.

18.  "That's Why I'm Working," (53 min, Color, 1999) by Maarten Schmict and Thomal Doebele
Child workers in Bangladesh and their struggles to stay in School
First Run/Icaraus Pictures, 32 Court Street, 221st floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201 (718) 488-8900.
Sale/video: $390 Rental/video: $75