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Our team traveled to South Sudan to spend a day in the life of a remarkable twelve year old girl, Jina Teji. Her world revolves around walking a mile there and back to fill a jerry can of water three times a day, to sustain her family, for whom she is the primary caretaker.
Cinematographer. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. A 12-year-old girl cares for her five younger siblings and ailing grandmother by carrying a five gallon jug to a watering hole...
- Drama
- Shawn Small
Jina Keji's world revolves around walking a six miles a day to collect enough water to sustain her family. At twelve years old, Jina is the primary caretaker for five siblings and a blind grandmother.
In South Sudan, water is life. Our team traveled to South Sudan to spend a day in the life of a remarkable twelve year old girl, Jina Keji. Her world revolved around walking a mile there and back to fill a jerry can of water three times a day, to sustain her family, for whom she is the primary caretaker.
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Jan 25, 2024 · Ru is a film that seeks to examine not the process of fleeing a war-torn country, but arriving in a safer haven and adjusting to a new life. Based on the novel of the same name by Kim Thúy,...
Ru: Water is Life (S) is a Documentary directed by Shawn Small. Year: 2012. Original title: Ru: Water is Life. Synopsis: Jina, twelve year old, walking a mile there and back to fill a jerry can of water three times a day, to sustain her family, for whom she is the primary caretaker.
Jina Keji, a brilliant twelve-year-old girl from South Sudan, is the primary caretaker of five younger siblings and a sickly grandmother. Three times a day, Jina makes a two-mile circuit to the local water source, a tepid, gray hole filled with unsanitary water.
