Little Voices Trailer (2011)

Which colours would you use if asked to paint a picture of war? It may come as a surprise that when a group of Colombian children, victims of that country’s long-standing internal conflict, were asked to paint and draw their stories, they painted flowers, chose a bright yellow for the sun, and depicted landscapes full of trees, white clouds and clear blue skies. They also drew children whose eyes sparkled, even when faced with the bleakest of circumstances: an innocent rural girl forced to move to the big city, a boy tricked into joining the guerrilla ranks, another who loses a leg to a landmine. There is always a smile. Children are children after all. Their stories and artwork are the basis for this touching, animated documentary—a Hot Docs first—about the Colombian conflict as seen through the eyes of the most innocent of victims.