A CHILD ΙS A CHILD

What would you do if you found young children playing a game called ?Funerals? instead of ?House?? In the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal, as many as one in five children have lost their parents to AIDS, but it is not the disease or the adults that are the focus, rather the minds and hearts of the children left behind. This achingly poignant documentary explores what it’s like to grow up without a mother or father. Some of the children in this film live entirely on their own, others stay in orphanages, while some have parents who are sick and they fear will die. This unique and compelling journey chronicles an innovative process of encouraging self-expression: a diverse group of children comes together to sing and record a song about the meaning of family, home and childhood?