Using personal home video footage, this documentary traces young boy's fear that his efforts to avoid poor mark on a school assignment in 1990s Sarajevo may have contributed to the civil war.
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The ravages of war, as witnessed by a nine-year-old boy, shape history in this short documentary. Igor Drljaca masterfully assembles family video footage from his nineties boyhood in Sarajevo, recollecting through narration an old fear that his desperate attempts to avoid a poor grade on an art assignment have lead to a devastating civil war.
What kid doesn't wish for something he later regrets? Original use of family footage to tell a universal story about one boy's memories of war - a serious topic approached with just the right dose of humour.
- Barbara Shrier