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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.

Innocent Voices