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Rabi (3/6)

This is also part of this series: Developing Stories - Series I: Environment & Development (6)

Subjects: African Studies, Children's Stories: Live Action, Drama

Grade Level: SrH-Adult
Producer: Bullfrog Films
Closed Captioned: No

Running Time: 60 mins
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Study Guide: No

Copyright Date: 1992
Available in French: No

A beautiful modern day fable using traditional African story-telling techniques about a young boy in Burkina Faso. Nine year old Rabi acquires a pet tortoise after his father falls off his bicycle swerving to avoid it. The boy's fascination with nature manifests itself in turning his pet on its back and watching it struggle. The boy is heartbroken when the tortoise is taken away from him, but his grandfather helps him find his own tortoise which speaks to him so eloquently about his abuse that the boy eventually sets it free.

Awards: New England International Children's Film Festival;Chicago International Children's Film Festival;Best Film For Children and Young People, Oekomedia; Bronze Award for Fictional Films, Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia;Joint First Prize, WWF-UK Award for Best National Documentary & Current Affairs Programming;Honorable Mention, FESPACO, Burkina Faso;Special Presentation, NAAEE

Links: http://www.tve.org - the producer’s site

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