General information

Call No.:

207-2-1:23/6

Part of series

HU OSA 207-2-1 Records of the Open Society Institute–Budapest: Publication Office: Video Recordings Relating to Activities of the OSI-Budapest

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #23 / No. 6

Date of production

1992

Date

1992

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

Bosnian, English

Content

Form/Genre

Documentary film

Contents Summary

The story takes place in the war torn Sarajevo. Amela and her father live in an area exposed to constant enemy attacks. The father is ill, the mother left the family taking with her the younger child. Ten-year old Amela does all the chores. She collects firewood in dangerous areas to cook and heat water to bathe her father. The school is over during the summer but Amela does not have time to play with her friends. She has to fetch water, do the laundry by the river... Amela finds her solace in her two guinea pigs, the inseparable friends for whom she always finds some time reminding us all on the fact that her childhood can't be taken away from her.