Running from radiation

Date

1993

Journal Title

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Publisher

Vision TV, Toronto, ON, CA

Abstract

Video consists of five parts: part one (Running from radiation, ca. 12 min.) examines the medical care received by Ukranian children in Cuba to counter-act the effects of radiation sickness caused by the Chernobyl disaster; part two (ca. 12 min.) examines the architecture of the ruins of the ancient city of Great Zimbabwe, now a part of that country's cultural heritage; part three (ca. 10 min.) examines the life of a thirteen-year-old boy in Kathmandu, who works as a busboy at a local restaurant; part four (ca. 10 min.) examines the life of a thirteen-year-old boy in Jamaica, who lives and works on the city streets; part five (ca. 10 min.) examines the streets, marketplaces and people of Harare through the eyes of a journalist.

Description

Series produced by: L. Rampen
Narrators: W. Gwiazda, M. Montgomery and B. Proulx
Series produced by Métavidea for Vision TV
Host: F. MacDonald
Executive producer: P. Flemington

Keywords

CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, UKRAINIANS, CANCER, MEDICAL CARE, CUBA, HISTORIC SITES AND MONUMENTS, ARCHITECTURE, BUILDINGS, STONE CONSTRUCTION, ZIMBABWE, URBAN YOUTH, YOUNG WORKERS, LIVING CONDITIONS, WORKING CONDITIONS, NEPAL, JAMAICA, URBAN POPULATION, MARKETPLACES, JOURNALISTS, JOURNALISM

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