Finding the Way Home (2019) - full transcript
A look at the distressing circumstances for millions of children living in orphanages and other institutions around the world as J.K. Rowling's LUMOS foundation works to reunite them with family members or place them in foster homes.
When my son turned four,
the audible world closed shut.
Got my first implant
when I was four.
When I play without my implants,
I can let my mind wander.
If deafness is a mutation,
then maybe our mistakes
become our music.
Did it sound good?
It was beautiful.
Narrator:
More than eight million
children around the world
live in orphanages.
Most of them are not orphans.
They have been
separated from their families
because of poverty,
disaster, or discrimination.
Research has shown
that children need
families to flourish
and that orphanages
can harm children,
exposing them to abuse
and trafficking.
There is a growing
movement to rescue
these eight million
hidden children
and return them
to their families
or place them
in loving homes.
These are six stories
of children
who have found
their way home.
Whoo!
Mama!
-Huh?
-Hmm?
Little Maria:
Woman:
Aaah!
Mama Maria:
Little Maria:
Mama Maria:
Mwah!
Mama Maria:
Little Maria:
Mama Maria:
Little Maria:
Mama Maria:
Little Maria:
Gertrude:
Diego:
Yeah, it was inside here.
Inside this big house.
Big, big, big business.
many...
And...
...always orphanage.
You know?
See?
Come over here...
...to pay the school.
In Haiti, you have
to pay for the school.
And...
Jonathas:
I'd like you to meet
Pastor Larochelle.
He's my friend.
He's in the business
orphanage with me.
Arielle:
Bonsoir.
Arielle:
Larochelle:
Arielle:
-Arielle: Bonsoir...
-Children: Bonsoir.
Arielle:
Gertrude:
Gertrude:
Woman:
Opa!
Opa! Opa.
Amen.
Aah.
Isus: Mmmm.
Dima:
Ohhh...
Woman: Hi!
Yeah...
Dima: Shhh.
Doctor:
Dima:
Dima:
Dima:
Dima:
Dima:
Bishnu: Hyah!
Chhata:
Bishnu:
Chhata:
Bishnu:
Putali:
Chhata:
Bishnu:
They do not have any, um,
information from the orphanages.
So, it is very difficult,
in that situation,
to trace the families
of the kids.
So, we have to...
Bishnu:
Samjyor:
Bishnu:
Chhata:
Bishnu:
Cristina:
Karina:
Cristina:
Kettelyn:
Cristina:
Cristina:
Cristina:
Cristina:
Karina:
Cristina:
Um...
dois...
três...
Cristina:
-Get the pencil.
-Wow!
Woman:
Yeah, very nice.
Maria:
Show the dark pink.
Maria:
This?
Make the eyes darker.
Yeah, yeah.
-Yeah.
-So I said, okay...
Livya:
Sister Valentina:
Livya:
Maria:
Livya:
Livya:
One, two, three!
Maria:
Livya:
the audible world closed shut.
Got my first implant
when I was four.
When I play without my implants,
I can let my mind wander.
If deafness is a mutation,
then maybe our mistakes
become our music.
Did it sound good?
It was beautiful.
Narrator:
More than eight million
children around the world
live in orphanages.
Most of them are not orphans.
They have been
separated from their families
because of poverty,
disaster, or discrimination.
Research has shown
that children need
families to flourish
and that orphanages
can harm children,
exposing them to abuse
and trafficking.
There is a growing
movement to rescue
these eight million
hidden children
and return them
to their families
or place them
in loving homes.
These are six stories
of children
who have found
their way home.
Whoo!
Mama!
-Huh?
-Hmm?
Little Maria:
Woman:
Aaah!
Mama Maria:
Little Maria:
Mama Maria:
Mwah!
Mama Maria:
Little Maria:
Mama Maria:
Little Maria:
Mama Maria:
Little Maria:
Gertrude:
Diego:
Yeah, it was inside here.
Inside this big house.
Big, big, big business.
many...
And...
...always orphanage.
You know?
See?
Come over here...
...to pay the school.
In Haiti, you have
to pay for the school.
And...
Jonathas:
I'd like you to meet
Pastor Larochelle.
He's my friend.
He's in the business
orphanage with me.
Arielle:
Bonsoir.
Arielle:
Larochelle:
Arielle:
-Arielle: Bonsoir...
-Children: Bonsoir.
Arielle:
Gertrude:
Gertrude:
Woman:
Opa!
Opa! Opa.
Amen.
Aah.
Isus: Mmmm.
Dima:
Ohhh...
Woman: Hi!
Yeah...
Dima: Shhh.
Doctor:
Dima:
Dima:
Dima:
Dima:
Dima:
Bishnu: Hyah!
Chhata:
Bishnu:
Chhata:
Bishnu:
Putali:
Chhata:
Bishnu:
They do not have any, um,
information from the orphanages.
So, it is very difficult,
in that situation,
to trace the families
of the kids.
So, we have to...
Bishnu:
Samjyor:
Bishnu:
Chhata:
Bishnu:
Cristina:
Karina:
Cristina:
Kettelyn:
Cristina:
Cristina:
Cristina:
Cristina:
Karina:
Cristina:
Um...
dois...
três...
Cristina:
-Get the pencil.
-Wow!
Woman:
Yeah, very nice.
Maria:
Show the dark pink.
Maria:
This?
Make the eyes darker.
Yeah, yeah.
-Yeah.
-So I said, okay...
Livya:
Sister Valentina:
Livya:
Maria:
Livya:
Livya:
One, two, three!
Maria:
Livya: