• About the Film

  • About the Film
  • Putting the Film in Context
  • Cast
  • Stolen Childhoods Credits

• Archive News

  • Artivist Film Festival
  • STOLEN CHILDHOODS Featured on ABC NIGHTLINE
  • Photo Exhibition at the Benton Museum
  • Ecologist '25 Films to Watch Next Year'

• Contact Us

  • Theatrical Bookings
  • International Television Sales
  • Colleges and other requests
  • Producer's Representative
  • Producer's Representative
  • Still Photographs

• Exhibitor Materials

  • Directors' Bios
  • Endorsements
  • Full Synopsis
  • Short Synopsis
  • Director's Statement
  • Stolen Childhoods Press Kit
  • Press Photos
  • Reviews

• Latest News

  • Stolen Childhoods on Public Television
  • Stolen Childhoods available in Portuguese
  • Global Child Labor and Human Trafficking Conference
  • Ofelia Medina to voice Stolen Childhoods for Mexico
  • Coffee Kids appear in Concern Viral
  • Stolen Childhoods Screens in India
  • Stolen Chilhoods and International Human Rights Day

• Ordering Info

  • Archival Prints
  • DVD and VHS copies

• Teacher Resource Guide

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• Upcoming Screenings

  • Upcoming Festival Screenings
  • Upcoming Non-Theatrical Screenings
  • To Arrange a Screening
  • Theatrical Showings

• What You Can Do

  • Individual Action
  • Community Action
  • Government Action
  • International Action
  • How to Donate

Stolen Childhoods Trailer

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Teacher Resource Guide Now Available!

A resource guide for teachers can now be downloaded from this site, available as either a MS Word document or a pdf file (links will not be live).
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Rescuing Emmanuel

The latest Galen Films production follows 13-year-old Emmanuel Wambua as he is rescued and brought to a home for abandoned children. The film examines the plight of 100 million children around the world raising themselves on the streets. Principal photography has been completed in Brazil, Kenya, India, and Mexico. Post-production will be complete in the summer of 2008 and the film is to be released in September 2008 "Rescuing Emmanuel" site

Coffee Kids appear in Concern Viral

Images of kids laboring in Misarara coffee plantation in Kenya will appear in a viral internet ad for Irish NGO Concern
Concern website

Stolen Childhoods Screens in India

Stolen Childhoods has been selected for screening at The 7 Islands International Film Festival in Mumbai, January 2009. The festival focuses on social change through non violence.

Stolen Chilhoods and International Human Rights Day

Stolen Childhoods will be shown in Waterford, Ireland on December 10th as part of the observance of Human Rights Day which marks the United Nations adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.