Stolen Childhoods 18 years old

For 246 million children life is nothing but work.

Narrated by Meryl Streep and filmed in eight countries, Stolen Childhoods is the story of 246 million children for whom life is nothing but work. Children are found working in dumps, quarries and brick kilns. One boy has been pressed into forced labor on a fishing platform in the Sea of Sumatra, a fifteen-year-old runaway describes being forced into prostitution on the streets of Mexico City, while a nine-year-old girl picks coffee in Kenya to help her family survive. The film features stories of child laborers around the world, told in their own words, while placing their stories in the broader context of the worldwide struggle against child labor, how it contributes to global insecurity, while featuring best practice programs to improve their lives by giving them the chance of making a reasonable living when they grow up. Ultimately, the film challenges the viewer to help break the cycle of poverty for the 246 million children laboring at the bottom of the global economy.

Credits

Stolen Childhoods Cast

Name	Character
Meryl Streep She was 56, now 75 years old	as Narrator
Evyenia Constantine	as Young Girl
Tom Harkin He was 66, now 85 years old	as Himself

Stolen Childhoods Crew

Name	Department
U. Roberto Romano as Director.	Directing
Len Morris as Director.	Directing
Len Morris as Writer.	Writing