Children Underground (2001)

Directed by

Edet Belzberg

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 39 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows five homeless children living on the streets of Bucharest, Romania after the fall of communism. It shows them struggling with addiction, abuse, and survival in a tough environment.

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What happens

Children Underground is an American 2001 documentary film directed and produced by Edet Belzberg. The film which is set in Bucharest, Romania, explores the lives of five children who are shown fighting, abusing themselves, and becoming addicted to Aurolac. This documentary follows the five homeless children in Romania, where the collapse of communism has led to a life on the street for 20,000 children. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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