Twelve silent films, one devastating question: do we even see kids?
"Do Children Count?" was a series of 12 films, each completely independent of the other.
Acting
Mary McAllister's Daisy breaks your heart without a whisper.
Production
1917 social reform propaganda disguised as entertainment.
Director
Lawrence C. Windom
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
These films were Progressive Era activism tools, screened at churches and reform meetings to shock audiences into supporting child labor laws.
Most prints were destroyed in a 1927 warehouse fire; surviving fragments suggest we may never see Lawrence C. Windom's complete vision.
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