影片內容講述北烏干達兒童兵的故事，這部紀錄片在2004年於美國聖地亞哥大學首播，導演是三個來自加州的學生，他們記錄這些時刻處在不安的孩子們，以及這些兒童面臨被綁架、虐待與被迫殺人的生活。在烏干達，兒童不會哭：「我們被擄走後，也學會了不能哭。如果你哭，他們會說：你在想家，既然你想別的事情，那麼我只好殺了你，然後他們真的殺了哭的小孩，所以每個小孩都知道不能哭。」片中受訪者的話，讓看過的觀眾都為之鼻酸。
In the spring of 2003, three young Americans traveled to Africa in search of such a story. What they found was a tragedy that disgusted and inspired them. A story where children are the weapons, and children are the victims. The film exposes the effects of a 20 year-long war on the children of Northern Uganda. These children live in fear of abduction by rebel soldiers, and are being forced to fight as part of a violent army.

這是一部在恐怖主義陰影下兒童的悲慘遭遇與身心影響的主題記錄片,巴基斯坦邊界難民營中的兒童，阿富汗飽受戰火摧殘父母雙亡的兒童，肯亞坦桑尼亞基地組織炸彈攻擊下的兒童，南美哥倫比亞革命軍綁架兒童，全球各地都有兒童因為恐怖主義和行動而深受其害飢餓、受傷、殘障、死亡、失去家庭，甚至受虐、被灌毒、逼迫殺人乃至成為下一代恐怖份子。兒童不是應該在一個充滿愛與平安的環境中快樂成長嗎？他們的權利何在？世界怎麼了？
We follow the stories of three children who were caught up in conflicts in Colombia, Kenya, and Afghanistan. Despite the horrors the children have experienced, they remain hopeful ...

80 年代，薩爾瓦多政府軍和游擊隊發生內戰，漫延的烽火造成許多人流離失所。11歲的恰瓦(卡洛斯帕迪拉飾)因為父親離家，迫使他成為家中的支柱，必須打工賺錢來分擔母親(蕾奧娜華莉拉飾)的生活重擔。然而再過一年，他就要面臨政府軍的強制徵召，或是加入對抗政府軍的游擊隊，除此之外別無選擇。年紀雖小的他心中十分清楚：不論作何抉擇，都得承受被當作炮灰的命運。眼看12歲的生日就快到來，他和媽媽的心卻也越來越沉重…。生日終於來臨，政府軍也來抓人了！他還能有別條路可走嗎？他的人生會出現奇蹟嗎？！
Based on the true story of screenwriter Oscar Torres's embattled childhood, Luis Mandoki's Innocent Voices is the poignant tale of Chava (Carlos Padilla), an eleven-year-old boy who suddenly becomes the "man of the house" after his father abandons the family in the middle of a civil war.
During the '80s civil war in El Salvador, a young boy must become the "man" of the house after his dad splits.

故事背景是上世紀90年代獅子山內戰期間，一個唯利是圖的南非走私商人(李奧納多狄卡皮歐飾演)，一個充滿正義感的塞拉里昂漁民(迪蒙杭蘇飾演)以及一名美國女記者(珍妮佛康娜莉飾演)結為同盟，開始了尋找一顆粉紅色鑽石的探險之旅，希望這顆價值連城的鑽石能夠改變他們各自的命運。
n civil war–torn 1990s Sierra Leone, Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), a South African mercenary, and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou), a Mende fisherman, pursue a missing diamond of inestimable value that could, if found, change the courses of both of their lives.