WHAT A SMALL WORLD
They speak the Truth, they speak with their heart,
They speak with their own words,
Beyond borders
It’s a same generation
They speak about fears, hopelessness,
Because A day, they gave up
And ran away from family, school, society,
They dropped out
Because A day, they were lucky enough
And came back to life,
Beyond pains, there is hope
Beyond loneliness, there is light
Beyond borders, beyond cultures.
OBJECTIVES
During 60 minutes, our motion picture project WHAT A SMALL WORLD will reach several objectives:
- It will reflect the International perception of youth drop out in the global village;
- It will give a voice to a generation that needs to be heard and share its perception of our world: a world of challenges, crisis, opportunities where they have a hard time to find their place;
- It will encourage, inspire and stimulate young audiences in a vulnerable position to hang in there, to continue their studies and build strong goals;
- It will push young people to engage in their living environment in order for them to find integration back into society;
- It will unveil family, school and society responsibilities and also potential contributions to the solution It will raise awareness among government officials, teachers, business leaders, social workers, community organizations, the world of education and it will provide them with a tool for intervention, education and awareness that can suggest an innovative approach to the solution.
CONCEPT
Our four heroes do not know each other. They come from four different countries. We will recruit them in two northern countries (France and Canada), and two Southern countries (Colombia and Senegal). They have much in common. They belong to the same age group; they experienced the same type of journey that took them through the labyrinth of life. More importantly, they have the same resilience. Each of them has experienced a full U-turn, an extraordinary return to life. They become the ambassadors of life, of hope to their own generation.
APPROACH
This film aims to touch, to move, to challenge, to engage and to simulate the implementation of the action plan. To do this, it speaks the language of the youth, it combines several artistic styles to deliver the full scope of its contents: the direct, the narrative, the oneiric and the musical. Each one of these styles expresses a different aspect of the main topic, enfolds the personality and the character of our heroes, and allows the audience to navigate between different worlds, different moods.
DISTRIBUTION
Produced in high definition, in three languages (English, French and Spanish), WHAT A SMALL WORLD is for distribution in three niche markets: institutional distribution on DVD, Theater and TV.
