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Chokora

Chokora!

チョコラ！

Release Date: May, 9th, 2009

Running Time: 94 min

Genre: Documentary

Color: Color

Screening Format: DVCAM

Screen Size: Standard (1:1.37)

Sound Processing: Stereo

[ Directed by ]

KOBAYASHI Shigeru

[ Produced by ]

YATABE Yoshi

[ Staff ]

YOSHIDA Taizo ── Cinematography
HATA Takeshi ── Editor
Sakaki Mango ── Music
KUBOTA Yukio ── Sound
HATA Takeshi ── Associate Producer

[ Production Company ]

Kasama Film

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

TOFOO

[ Story ]

Children living on the streets in the Republic of Kenya in East Africa collect garbage for a living. This documentary film features children who survive their severe conditions by helping each other out. A small city named Thika which is roughly an hour's drive from Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. The children referred to as "chokora" (meaning "to pick up" in Swahili), who make their living by picking up steel scraps and plastic pieces on the streets, sniff inhalant to escape from hunger and cold nights.

[ Official Site ]

http://www.chokora.jp/

[ Contact (International) ]

For further contact details, please contact UNIJAPAN -> [ Contact ]

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