listening to children’s voices

written and edited by
Heidi Zecher

motion graphics
Boing! Boing!

produced in partnership with
Office for Victims of Crime, USDOJ

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Through My Eyes is a provocative montage of images created by, and words written by, children exposed to violence. It was designed to be a scene-setter for a 4-part series of training videos for criminal justice professionals, community practitioners, and policymakers concerned about children exposed to violence.

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Sometimes if you say, ‘Draw how you feel.’ Or ‘Draw a picture of what happened to you.’ Or, even just, ‘Draw a picture of yourself or a picture of your family,” you’re going to learn so much.


Eliana Gil, PhD
Registered Art Therapist

One of the most important things that should come out of listening to children’s voices is that it diminishes in all of us the impulse that we have to deny that this is going on and the magnitude of what’s going on.

Pamela Sicher, MD
Any person who comes in contact with a child – the police officer, the judges, doctors, probation – has the power to make this contact be a steppingstone toward getting the help that they need.

Eliana Gil, PhD
Registered Art Therapist
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Through My Eyes premiered in 1999 at the Safe from the Start Summit on Children and Violence hosted by then-Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder.

AWARDS and HONORS

  • Bronze Telly Award
  • Gold Aurora Award
  • Golden Reel, Awards for Media Excellence
  • Gold Camera Award, International Film and Video Festival
  • Gold Award, WorldFest Houston
  • Gold Award, WorldFest Flagstaff
  • Gold CINDY Award
  • Silver OMNI Award
  • Honorable Mention, The Chris Awards, Columbus, Ohio