Title: The black Pinocchio
Description: DVD: Theater director Marco Baliani recruited street children in Nairobi to perform in a retelling of the classic Collidi story of Pinocchio. One of several goals was to "help Italians better understand the desperation that drives boatloads of Africans to risk their lives to reach Italian shores."-- Pambazuka News (9/30/2004)
Subjects: Adaptations, Street children, Drama
Places: Kenya, Nairobi
People: Carlo Collodi (1826-1890)