The documentary "ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL" will open in theaters today, February 6, 2015 via Distrib Films. This follows the film's successful theatrical run in France in 2013, where it won a Cesar Award for best documentary in 2014.
ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL immerses us in the extraordinary routines of four different children who live in the four corners of the earth but all share the same thirst for learning. They understand that only education will allow them a better future and that is why, every day, they must set out on the long and perilous journey that will lead them to knowledge. Their sheer will to accomplish their dream leads them onto a path we have all walked - but never like this.
ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL is the story of: Jackson, 11, who lives in Kenya and twice a day he and his younger sister walk 10 miles through a
SAVANNAH populated by wild animals; Carlito, 11, rides more than 11 miles twice a day with his younger sister, across the plains of Argentina, regardless of the weather; Zahira, 12, lives in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains and takes an exhausting walk on foot along punishing mountain paths awaits her before she and her two girlfriends can reach their boarding school; Samuel, 13, lives in India and the 2.5 miles he has to travel each day are an ordeal, as he doesn't have the use of his legs so his two younger brothers have to push him all the way to school in a makeshift wheelchair.
Official Website: www.distribfilmsus.com/portfolio/on-the-way-to-school-3/
Foundation: http://onthewaytoschool.org
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