Approved by KIDS FIRST! www.kidsfirst.org forages 8 to 12, Adult-Approved and Kid-Tested from GOING TO SCHOOL FUND. Includes “Bhanwari, the Policewoman” – Bhanwari Malavat is a police constable in Bikaner district in Rajasthan, India. Bhanwari was married when she was a child, but she still went to school. Although Bhanwari failed and had to repeat one school year, she persisted, and one day at school she heard about the famous policewoman called Kiran Bedi. Bhanwari decided she would be a police officer too ? she thought this way she could begin to change the world. Now 24 years old, Bhanwari is part of the police force and she has a ?women’s desk’ where she listens to the problems of women in her district and tries to help as much as she can. “Anuradha Rathore, Medical Student” – Anuradha Rathore is studying medicine in Jodhpur Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan. When Anu was young she contracted Polio ? and although the disease affected the way she walks, it has not slowed Anu down in any other way. She has studied very hard and won a place at medical college under a reservation for students with physical disabilities. Anu failed once at school and she still finds college challenging, but she is determined to be a doctor so she can prevent other children from contracting Polio. Anu is from Jaipur, Rajasthan, and is now 19 years old. “Durga Bai, Health Worker” – Durga Bai is a health worker who travels by herself by bus to 22 villages every month, talking to 20000 …
Minimalist film by artist/ filmmaker Jon Par (Jonathan Parisen) of vehicles and pedestrians passing the world famous Atlas in front of Rockefeller Center on Fifth Avenue in New York City. This is 419 of 1000 avant-garde films that Jon Par will make in 2009.