The Unfinished Childhood (2) • Directed by Nasser Saffarian • 2021 • Iran

The Unfinished Childhood takes a look at children’s poetry from the last few decades, featuring poems about war and religion to poems on the meaning of life, tragedy, and humor. The documentary’s setup is straightforward, with Saffarian interviewing the pioneers in children’s poetry, but the view of the world of children is anything but simplistic. The poets’ familiarity with children and their world and its complexities gives the film both its specificity and its approachability, and it is noteworthy how Saffarian takes his time to explore the world of children with such delicacy and meticulousness. The interviews closely analyze children's mentality and idealism and how these characteristics impacted the poets' work. Footage of children dancing to popular songs and the added scenes from old children’s films seem almost to function as memories and add a vivid and heartwarming quality to the entire film.

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