Sunflower Seeds
SDG 1: No Poverty • 32m
“I’ve been here about two years, and it feels like twenty have passed.” Among a group of children surviving on the streets of Athens is Sayid, a twelve-year old boy, who works all day selling sunflower seeds in the city’s suburban parks. He wants to leave for Northern Europe to go to school and to have a decent job when he grows up. But how fast does a child grow? Sayid is trapped in Greece, a country plagued by a financial crisis, increasing unemployment, rampant xenophobia, and racist violence.
Director: Antonis Tolakis
2013 | 32 min
Greece
Language: Farsi, Greek
Subtitles: English
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