Children of the revolution
(1981, 41 min.)
16mm film shot one year after the revolution in Nicaragua. A major literacy campaign will help realize the dream of creating a new society where everyone can read and write. Tens of thousands of children and young people are involved. The film follows four of them – in their teaching work in the countryside and when the campaign ends with a big and happy event.
Directiors: Helle Toft Jensen and Michael Mogensen
Photographer: Ulla Boje Rasmussen and sound man Henrik Jørgensen. Editor: Kasper Schyberg. Produced at Hanne Høyberg with support from Danida and Statens Filmcentral.
Languages: Danish, Swedish, English, Spanish. Cinema distribution and episodes shown on DRTV, SVT. (With support from the Danish Film Institute).
