Crayons and Paper

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Crayons and Paper
Crayons and Paper Poster
Directed by	Bruce David Janu
Produced by	Bruce David Janu
Music by	Tom Flannery, Lorne Clarke
Editing by	Bruce David Janu
Distributed by	Bell, Book & Camera Productions
Release dates	February 11, 2009 (2009-02-11) (Dam Short)
Running time	30 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Crayons and Paper is a documentary short, featuring Dr. Jerry Ehrlich, a pediatrician who has worked with Doctors Without Borders. To document the effect of war on children, Dr. Ehrlich has the children draw pictures of their lives. The film features drawings made by children in Sri Lanka and Darfur.

The film is a follow-up to the documentary Facing Sudan. It premiered at The Dam Short Film Festival in February 2009 and is currently being broadcast on DOC: The Documentary Channel.

The film was produced, directed and edited by Bruce David Janu. The soundtrack was composed by Tom Flannery and Lorne Clarke (singer).

References

Callahan, Kevin, "A Gift to us at Noon on this Christmas Day," The Currier-Post Online, December 25, 2008. http://blogs.courierpostonline.com/intotheoutside/2008/12/25/a-gift-to-us-at-noon-on-this-christmas-day/
DeCastro, Lavinia, "Film Depicts Horrors Kids Live Through in Darfur," The Courier-Post of South New Jersey, June 28, 2009 http://www.care2.com/news/member/735851257/1179294.
"Got Docs?" Segment from GRITtv with Laura Flanders, featuring Crayons and Paper, first aired July 24, 2008. http://blip.tv/grittv/grittv-got-docs-crayons-and-paper-1117772

External links

Official website
Crayons and Paper at the Internet Movie Database
Crayons and Paper at the Documentary Channel http://www.documentarychannel.com/movie.php?currID=8525

v t e Sri Lankan Civil War in popular culture

Literature	Funny Boy, Shyam Selvadurai (1994) Island of Blood, Anita Pratap (2003) The Road from Elephant Pass, Nihal De Silva (2003) The Tamil Genocide by Sri Lanka, Francis Boyle (2009) The Cage, Gordon Weiss (2011) Tamil Tigress, Niromi de Soyza (2011) Gota’s War, C. A. Chandraprema (2012) Island of a Thousand Mirrors, Nayomi Munaweera (2012) Still Counting the Dead, Frances Harrison (2012) Dare to Dream - Heroic Tales for the Tamil Diaspora, JK Sivalingam (2012)

Films	Unakkaga Piranthen (1992) Purahanda Kaluwara (1997) Saroja (2000) In the Name of Buddha (2002) Kannathil Muthamittal (2002) Ira Madiyama (2003) Aanivaer (2006) Kuttrapathirikai (2007) Mission 90 Days (2007) Prabhakaran (2008) The Road from Elephant Pass (2008) Flying Fish (2011) Matha (2012) A Common Man, (2013) Madras Cafe (2013) Ceylon (2013)

Documentaries	Crayons and Paper (2009) Sri Lanka's Killing Fields (2011) Lies Agreed Upon (2011) Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished (2012) Ruthless (2012) No Fire Zone (2013) Sri Lanka's Unfinished War (2013)

Other	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Predator, PSP Game

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