Not all childhoods are innocent. More than 300,000 children are serving in armies in over 40 countries. The feature length film, Innocent Voices, tells the story of one such child in El Salvador. Eleven-year-old Chava, the main character of the film, has just one year before he will be called to fight the government’s battle against the peasant rebels. Chava enjoys his last year of innocence looking for work to help his single mom and falling in love with a classmate. What makes this story especially compelling is the fact that it is based on the real life childhood of screenwriter Oscar Torres.
Innocent Voices, rated R, opens tomorrow, October 14, in New York, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Dallas, Houston, Boston, Seattle, San Diego, Miami, and Philadelphia. In Chicago it opens October 21 and other cities on November 4.
It’s important to support films written by, directed by, and acted by Latinos, especially independent films that tell our stories, in our voices.
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3 Responses to Innocent Voices Speaks of War and Childhood
HispanicTips
October 13th, 2005 at 2:17 pm
VivirLatino » Innocent Voices Speak of War and Childhood
“Not all childhoods are innocent. More than 300,000 children are serving in armies in over 40 countries. The feature length film, Innocent Voices, tells the story of one such child. “
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Jennifer Woodard Maderazo
October 14th, 2005 at 2:49 am
I saw it tonight and it is more amazing than I expected. Beautifully directed, with outstanding acting on the part of the children. Superb and highly recommended. So good that the story, the acting, the images were enough to drown out the fact that everyone in movie has a Mexico City accent (I guess they are hurting for actors in El Salvador). Bring your Kleenex!
oso
November 24th, 2005 at 9:29 pm
It was weird to see “Chava” and el gordito played by two very famous Chilango telenovela childhood stars. When I wrote out my thoughts on the movie someone left a comment saying he was Oscar, the real “Chava”. I tried emailing him back and tracked his IP address down to Illinois, but sadly there’s no way to ever know for sure if it was really him. I like to think that it was though. What a life.