I Am Eleven

A globe-spanning portrait of humanity at a crucial age-- no longer children, not quite adults, preparing to inherit a world changing as quickly and dramatically as they are. Focusing on a series of eleven-year-olds from 15 countries, each speaking in their own words and revealing the private obsessions and public concerns that animate their lives.

It is simultaneously an epic survey of the similarities and distinctions between cultures and an intimate account of these young personalities finding their way in the world today.

Eleven-year-olds share, in different languages their thoughts on a range of subjects issues such as love, war, global warming, music, terrorism, culture, family, happiness, religion and the future.