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Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army
Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army (2008)
, 56minutes
Directed by Robert Koenig
Origin USA
Themes Films about children, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Documentary films about child abuse, Political films, Films about child abuse

Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army tells the personal story of Nepali boys and girls as they attempt to rebuild their lives after fighting in the Nepalese Civil War. Through the voices of former child soldiers, the film examines why these children joined the Maoists and explores the prevention of future recruitment.
Bare Behind Bars
Bare Behind Bars (1980)
, 1h27
Directed by Oswaldo de Oliveira
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about children, Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films, Films about child abuse

In a women's prison in Brazil, the inmates are young and beautiful, the warden is a sadist, all but one of the guards are cruel, and the nurse is incompetent. To make it difficult for the inmates to hide contraband, they wear no underwear. They are alternately murderous and orgiastic with each other, and they engage in sex play with some of the guards. The warden pimps out inmates to wealthy lesbians. With the help of the nurse and under the cover of Carnival, three inmates stage an escape. But once out they contrive to stay undiscovered as the authorities close in.
About a Girl
About a Girl (2001)
, 9minutes
Directed by Brian Percival
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Films about child abuse
Actors Ashley-Jade

About a Girl opens with a striking shot of a silhouette — against a skyline of clouds above a field — of a girl singing the Britney Spears song "Stronger" and doing the dance routine. It cuts abruptly to a close-up of the girl talking in a strong Mancunian accent to the camera: "If Jesus were alive today — right, he'd probably be a singer." She is walking against a backdrop of Manchester's industrial landscape, talking non-stop, mixing wry statements about stardom and singers with random quotes from her parents and descriptions of her life: her relationship with her dad, her frustrations with her mum, her desire to become a famous singer, the band she has formed with her friends. Things any 13-year-old might talk about. Her monologue is interrupted and intercut with different scenes of her with her family and her dad; her in a perfume department, sitting on a bench singing "Stronger" again, and on the back of a bus with her girlfriends singing "Oops!... I Did It Again" by Britney Spears and doing the routine.
An American Crime
An American Crime (2007)
, 1h38
Directed by Tommy O'Haver
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about children, Films about child abuse
Actors Ellen Page, Catherine Keener, Hayley McFarland, Ari Graynor, Scout Taylor-Compton, James Franco

An American Crime alternates between the 1966 trial of Gertrude Baniszewski (Catherine Keener), and lengthy flashbacks to the events of the previous year described by the witnesses.
An Open Secret
An Open Secret (2015)

Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Crime
Themes Films about children, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about cities, Documentary films about child abuse, Films about child abuse
Actors Corey Feldman, Todd Bridges, Brock Pierce, Bryan Singer, Ben Savage, Macaulay Culkin

A feature documentary from Oscar-nominated director Amy Berg follows the stories of five former child actors whose lives were turned upside down by multiple predators, including the convicted sex offenders who owned and operated the now infamous Digital Entertainment Network (DEN).
Antwone Fisher
Antwone Fisher (2003)
, 2h
Directed by Denzel Washington
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about children, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about child abuse, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Derek Luke, Malcolm David Kelley, Joy Bryant, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Denzel Washington, Kevin Connolly

The film focuses on Antwone "Fish" Fisher (Derek Luke), a temperamental young man with a violent history who is serving in the U.S. Navy. His father was killed before he was born and his teenage mother, Eva Mae Fisher, ended up arrested soon after and put in jail, where she gave birth to him. He was then placed in an orphanage until such time as she was released and could claim him. Since she had not yet claimed him, at the age of two Antwone was placed in a foster home run by a supposedly religious couple, Mr. and Mrs. Tate (Ellis Williams and Novella Nelson). There, Antwone faced mental and physical abuse by Mrs. Tate for many years until he finally left the home at age fourteen. After living out on the streets for the next few years, he decided to join the U.S. Navy to make something out of his life. However the rough life he had as child caused him to have a violent temper at this point.
Aruba
Aruba (2006)
, 11minutes
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Films about child abuse
Actors A.J. Saudin, Devon Bostick, Soo Garay

Milan (A.J. Saudin) is an 11-year-old boy who dreams about escaping a violent home life. When his parents fight or take drugs, or when bullies pick on him in school, he finds peace in contemplating a postcard with an idyllic picture of the island of Aruba, and imagines himself in that faraway place as a way to survive.
Ashley
Ashley (2013)
, 1h33
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films about child abuse, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Jennifer Bini Taylor, Nicole Fox, Michael Madsen, Lauren C. Mayhew, Nicole Buehrer, Tom Malloy

Ashley Collins (Nicole Fox) a 17-year-old high school student is sitting smoking in a park playing with her gold lighter, then she deliberately burns her hand using the lit cigarette. Later she has an appointment with the school therapist Vincent (Tom Malloy) who sees the burn and questions how it happened but she refuses to talk. During class she beings to fantasize about kissing the Red Headed Girl (Mallory Moye) who is sitting in the front row. After class, the girl approaches Ashley asking why she is always looking at her during class and calls her weird. As she is leaving, a boy named Steve approaches her, but she ignores him and leaves.