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On the Way to School
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On the Way to School

2013-09-25 · 77 min · ★ 6.9

Documentary

These children live in the four corners of the earth, but share the same thirst for learning. They understand that only education will allow them a better future and that is why, every day, they must set out on the long and perilous journey that will lead them to knowledge. Jackson and his younger sister from Kenya walk 15 kilometres each way through a savannah populated by wild animals; Carlito rides more than 18 kilometres twice a day with his younger sister, across the plains of Argentina; Zahira lives in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains who has an exhausting 22 kilometres walk along punishing mountain paths before she reaches her boarding school; Samuel from India sits in a clumsy DIY wheelchair and the 4 kilometres journey is an ordeal each day, as his two younger brothers have to push him all the way to school…

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Directors
Pascal Plisson
Production companies
Ymagis, Winds, Hérodiade, France•5, TV Escola, RTVC - Sistema de Medios Públicos, ETV
Countries
France
Status
Released
Revenue
USD 7,424

Top Cast

Noura AzzagaghSelf
Zahira BadiZahira BadiSelf
CarlitoSelf
Zineb ElkabiSelf
Emmanuel J. EstherSelf
Gabriel J. EstherSelf
MicaelaSelf

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