Stolen Childhoods

Some of the images of child laborers in "Stolen Childhoods" are stunning. But the film itself is less than enthralling. ... Full Review

Written by Georgia Morris and Mark Jonathan Harris, ''Stolen Childhoods" explains the unacceptably harrowing conditions children endure across the globe as grape-pickers, prostitutes, and worse.....only barely addresses the movie's critical outrage:....As Meryl Streep tells us in her mournful narration, ''For 246 million children, life is nothing but work..... ... Full Review

the film also celebrates the efforts of a few successful programs to combat the scourge of child labor around the world.....The bleakness of "Stolen Childhoods" is not completely unremitting;....But as this harrowing yet hopeful film suggests, that's something..... ... Full Review

But as this harrowing yet hopeful film suggests, that's something. ... Full Review

Published: Friday, July 1, 2005 6:46 p.m. MDT Some of the images of child laborers in "Stolen Childhoods" are stunning. But the film itself is less than enthralling. ... Full Article

Shot in eight countries over a period of seven years, Morris's heartbreaking investigation finds abuse and exploitation throughout the modern world, from 12-year-old Indian carpet manufacturers strapped to looms for 13 hours a day to youngsters illegally working fishing platforms... ... Full Article

This earnest, unsentimental documentary describes the lot of the 246 million children for whom, as the narrator Meryl Streep says in the prologue, "life is nothing but work." ... Full Article