Dare Ni Mo Mienai Kodomo America No Daitoshi De Ikiru Homeless No Shojo No Kiroku / Original Title: INVISIBLECHILD

[Machine Translation] The film follows a young girl and her family in New York City for 10 years. Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Journalism, this masterpiece of journalism depicts what lies at the root of poverty. Dasani is a smart and athletic girl, but she is too busy taking care of her younger sister and brother to have time for herself. However, when she transfers to the Hershey boarding school, she begins to see a way out of the vicious cycle of poverty. Meanwhile, the family is on the verge of collapse, at the mercy of a token poverty support system and a dysfunctional child protection system. Dasani, who lives apart from her family, blames herself for her inability to do anything about their plight, and her life is in shambles. Why are black people trapped in poverty and unable to escape? This magnificent nonfiction work vividly depicts the historical and structural factors as well as the flaws in the welfare system, and approaches the true nature of poverty.

ニューヨークに生きる少女とその一家に10年密着。貧困の根源にひそむものを描き尽くす、傑作ジャーナリズム。2022年ピュリツァー賞受賞。頭脳明晰で運動神経も抜群の少女ダサニは、妹や弟の世話に追われ、自分の時間を持てずにいた。だが、全寮制のハーシースクールへの転校を機に、貧困の悪循環から抜け出す道が見えはじめる。一方、家族は形だけの貧困支援制度や機能不全の児童保護システムに翻弄され、崩壊寸前に追い込まれる。離れて暮らすダサニは、その苦境に何もできない自分を責め、生活が荒れていく。黒人たちはなぜ貧困に陥り、抜け出せないのか―。歴史的・構造的な要因と福祉制度の欠陥を鮮やかに描き出し、貧困の本質に迫る壮大なノンフィクション。