This is a four-episode series made together with the Argentine channel Pakapaka that included the participation of children and adolescents with relatives deprived of their liberty.
Each one of the episodes focuses on a situation that these children and adolescents experience at some point during the imprisonment of a relative: assuming adult roles, going to visit the relative in a detention center and what that implies, or being subject to discrimination and stigma in educational centers and/or in their neighborhoods.
“In each video I felt that I had a little bit of me”, commented several of the adolescents and young people who participated in the regional presentation of the series: “They tell what we went through and it is not denigrating us, they express what many of us feel and not We can express it.” Manuel, Estefanny, Felicia and Cris moved everyone with their perceptions about the episodes.
In the creative process and in the voices, children and adolescents participated with adult references deprived of liberty. “This series was made with a lot of love and respect, we are very excited about the final work, but much more about the process”, commented Cielo Salviolo, Director of Pakapaka.
“We are super happy, because the fundamental objective is to give visibility to the reality that 2.5 million children and adolescents live in Latin America and the Caribbean,” said Lía Fernández from the Executive Secretariat of the NNAPES Platform.
In addition, the short films are accompanied by an activity guide for mothers, fathers, educators, teachers and all those who want to address the issue with children and adolescents.
This project was developed with the realization of INAUTA, thanks to the support of the Open Society Foundations and the Church World Service.
