Documentary on early childhood development. How does a child make sense of the world and itself in relation to the world? A mother and her child go about their everyday life: shopping trips, play, all seen through the eyes of the child. Interviews with children and adolescents talking about their earliest memories of developing a relationship with the outside world, their fears and fantasies about the world outside their relationship with their mother. How does a child make sense of things like clothes; everyday objects like a teapot and what it’s for are learned through play. Without commentary, through images we see the relationship of this learning and the bearing it has on relationships developed in adolescence.
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ACMI Identifier
313968
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Children - Conduct of life
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Children - Conduct of life
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child development
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child psychology
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children - Conduct of life
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children - Family relationships
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child development
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child psychology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Children - Conduct of life
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Maturation (Psychology)
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)