"An Army of Children" by the Walker Art Center Teen Arts Council (U.S.A.)

A short "antimentary" experiment using found-footage of Shirley Temple and an army of babies in diapers.

"Innocent Voices" by Luis Mandoki In Spanish with English subtitles

After the civil war broke out in El Salvador in the early 1980s, Oscar Torres had to lie on his stomach to do his homework to avoid getting struck by stray bullets. But there was one thing that the 11-year-old Torres feared even more than getting caught in the crossfire: being conscripted into the army. During the war the government forces routinely rounded up all 12-year-old boys for service. Sometimes younger children were signed up as well.

Torres escaped numerous roundups in his shantytown in Cuscatazingo, El Salvador. Finally, after he turned 12, he joined the guerilla movement known as the FMLN (Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional), which was fighting the government.

"Ask any 12-year-old if he wants to join a war and he will say no," Torres, now 33, said recently. "The problem is that many children don't have a choice."

Torres's harrowing story is retold in a graphic new film, Innocent Voices, Mexico's entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2004 Academy Awards. Torres co-wrote the screenplay with the film's director, Luis Mandoki.

"No Child" (PCTV) by Glenn Scott and Shakademic

Part of the No Child Left Behind act requires that high schools give all students' names and addresses to the U.S. military. This documentary captures youth sentiments about military recruitment of high school students.

"Rapping At Fear" (Polimorfo) by Andres Tabares in Spanish with English subtitles

Whether in the Colombian countryside where rebels forced his family to leave, or the city slum where his family lnow lives, Andres Tabares has always had a way with words. In Andres' barrio, where "social cleansing" groups wage war, this 13-year old writes and performs rap to speak iut against violence. Andres now hosts his own Saturday morning variety show on Colombian national television.

"We Don't Want No War" (iEarn) by Edwin Daniel, Schwarbu Emile Kamara, Jane Peters, Rashid Peters, Mohamed Sidibay (Freetown, Sierra Leone)

10 year-old Mohamed Sidibay is a bright, hard working 4th grader who likes to play soccer, work on computers and go to school. Yet, only two years earlier he was commanding rebel troops in the "bush" in Western Africa. This sensitive, thoughtful young man articulates in simple terms the devastation of war and growing up as child soldier in Sierra Leone. Part of Beyond Borders. Produced by Listen Up! In New York.