全球有 270 萬兒童因疫情中斷了學業。他們如果不在教室,會在哪裡?全球童工案例在持續下降20 年後,過去 4 年卻反向增加。本片帶領觀眾見證菲律賓兒少勞工們走上街頭當小販、沿著鐵路推「計程車」、甚至潛水尋找黃金礦石。記者阿勞略探訪這些冒生命危險、只為幫忙家計的孩子們,揭示社會待解的問題。
Because of COVID-19 pandemic, 2.7 million children did not enroll during the pandemic. If they’re not in the classrooms, where have they gone to? In the Philippines, where unemployment rates continue to fluctuate during the pandemic, children have entered jobs from vending on the streets, pushing trolleys along railways, and even diving for gold. Atom Araullo meets the children who put their lives at stake to help their families survive.
阿塔姆.阿勞洛(Atom Araullo)是一位記者和紀錄片製作人。他的作品主要圍繞在社會問題、衝突災難和氣候危機。阿勞洛也是菲律賓獨立的媒體組織FYT的聯合創始人,致力於推動社區報導和解釋報導。阿勞洛還是聯合國難民署UNHCR的國家親善大使,他的紀錄片曾獲得紐約電視節金獎、坎城銀海豚獎,以及在2022年於韓國釜山舉辦的亞洲內容大獎中獲得最佳亞洲紀錄片獎。
Aaron Mendoza found himself immersed in the field of documentaries, touching the lives of many of his subjects in real-life journalistic settings. His works have earned him numerous international awards that has catapulted his career as one of the few reality-based filmmakers in the country. He studied filmmaking at the Mowelfund Institute for Film and at the International Institute for Film, Broadcast and the Arts (IIFBA).