13172_22204_famine2
1974
Footage of starvation. Various shots of poverty stricken children, they are surrounded by flies and some are visibly starving. One woman kneels holding her starving child. CU of an elderly woman thinking. An elderly man holds a chicken in his hands. CU of him picking up a knife and holding it to the chicken’s neck. PAN of dry and cracking soil. A woman carries a full basket on her head and her children walk in front of her. Families walk through dusty areas together. Various shots of makeshift homes, frames, tents and shacks. A woman stands with her clothes that are hanging on a clothesline. Several shots of children. A man empties a bucket of rice into a sack. A woman pours milk into a bowl and hands it to a little boy. CU of the milk being poured into a bowl. A little boy lifts bowl of milk to his lips and drinks. LS of the dry, cracked land. CU of a cow carcass. An old woman with a scarf covering her head looks out across the land, a fly walks around her eye. A mother cries as she walks with one shoulder around her son.