Child-headed families are most common in Africa. The HIV/AIDS epidemic has led to many situations where both parents have died and left behind a family of orphans. The children may begin taking over their parent's responsibilities before the last surviving parent has died, when the parent is sick or too weak to work. The eldest children often have to stop going to school and get a job instead in order to gain income for the family. A study by Cornell University in 2005 showed that, in Namibia, the average age of the children acting as parents in their families was 17; some were as young as 9 years old. The number of children heading households in sub-Saharan Africa is reported to be growing. A survey in South Africa in 2006 showed that 122,000 (0.67%) of the country's children were living in child-headed households.
In Rwanda, it is estimated that the 1994 genocide left at least 60,000 households to be run by children. Many of the girls who were raped during the conflict are left to raise both their siblings and their own children.
The Reluctant Dragon (movie)
The Reluctant Dragon is a 1941 American combined live action and animated movie. It was produced by Walt Disney. It was released by RKO Radio Pictures on June 20, 1941. The movie gives a tour of the then-new Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.
The movie stars radio comedian Robert Benchley and many Disney staffers such as Ward Kimball, Fred Moore, Norman Ferguson, Clarence Nash, and Walt Disney, all as themselves.
The first third of the movie is in black-and-white. The last two-thirds are in Technicolor. Most of the movie is live-action. There are four short animated parts. There is black-and-white part with Casey Junior from "Dumbo". There are three Technicolor cartoons: "Baby Weems", Goofy's "How to Ride a Horse", and "The Reluctant Dragon". The Reluctant Dragon is based on Kenneth Grahame's book of the same name.
Victory Through Air Power (movie)
Victory Through Air Power is a 1943 Walt Disney Technicolor animated movie. It is based on the 1942 book "Victory Through Air Power" by Alexander P. de Seversky. De Seversky is in the movie. This was different from the Disney animated movies of the time.
The movie received an Academy Award nomination for Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture.
On December 8, 1941, Disney studios were changed into a propaganda machine for the United States government. While most World War II movies were made for training, movies such as "Victory Through Air Power" were made to build public morale among the U.S. and Allied powers. Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt were influenced by the movie.
So Dear to My Heart
So Dear to My Heart is a 1948 movie produced by Walt Disney. It was released nationwide on January 19, 1949. The movie combines animation and live action. It is based on the Sterling North book "Midnight and Jeremiah".
The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Burl Ives's version of the 17th-century English folk song "Lavender Blue". It lost to "Baby, It's Cold Outside" from "Neptune's Daughter".
Mary Poppins (movie)
Mary Poppins is a 1964 American musical movie starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. It was produced by Walt Disney. It was based on the "Mary Poppins" book series by P. L. Travers. It was shot at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.
Julie Andrews won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Mary Poppins. The movie also won Oscars for Best Movie Editing, Original Music Score, Best Song for "Chim Chim Cher-ee" and Best Visual Effects. The movie received a total of 13 nominations.
The movie is about a family named Banks that live in London of 1910. The family members are George Banks - a serious man that works in the bank, Winifred Banks - a Women's rights active (someone or something that is in action) and their children Jane and Michael.
George Banks is busy in his bank work while Winifred is busy in her Women's rights activities and both of them almost never dedicate (to be strongly into something and giving a lot of time for that) time for their children but instead keep them with different nannies. When one of the nannies named Katie quits the job, Mr. Banks begins to search for a different nanny. At night, the children write their father a letter that describes the kind of nanny they want, but he then rips the letter and throws it into the fire and writes for himself the kind of nanny that he wants, someone that is serious and arranged.
Many nannies come to the house in order to be chosen as the nanny but the strong wind blows them all. At the same time the children who are looking from the window see a woman flying into their house, her name is Mary Poppins and she is the kind of nanny the children really wanted. With her magic and love she takes care of the children and takes them to special adventures. In the beginning Mr. Banks does not like the way she takes care of the children but later in the movie she manages (is able to do something, especially something difficult) to connect between him and the children and makes the Banks family all happy again.
"Mary Poppins" is the most Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated Disney movie in history.
T. J. Miller
Todd Joseph "T. J." Miller (born June 4, 1981) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He first began acting in television. He is best known for his role as Erlich Bachman in the television sitcom "Silicon Valley" until he left the show in 2018"." His first role in a movie was "Cloverfield", in which he played the character who videotaped most of the scenes.
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a 1971 musical movie produced by Walt Disney Productions. It combines live action and animation. It was released in North America on December 13, 1971. It is based on the books "The Magic Bed Knob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons" and "Bonfires and Broomsticks" by English children's author Mary Norton.
The movie is often compared to "Mary Poppins". It is also partly set in the streets of London. It shares some of the cast from Mary Poppins, a similar crew, the same songwriters and director.
The movie was made at Walt Disney Studios. The castle scenes were shot on location at Corfe Castle, Dorset, England, UK.
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Billy Gardell
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Judah Friedlander
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Chris Wedge
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Karen Disher
Karen Disher (born August 7, 1972) is an American storyboard artist and movie director. She has also done many voice over roles in cartoons, television, movies and video games.
She has worked for MTV, where she designed the main characters for the cartoon series "Daria". She then joined Blue Sky Studios, where she worked as storyboard artist on many animated movies, such as "Robots", "", "Horton Hears a Who!", "", "", and "Epic".
Seann William Scott
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