Children Underground is one of my favorite documentaries.
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Children Underground is a 2001 documentary film directed by Edet Belzberg.
In an effort to increase the Romanian work force, former communist leader Nicolae Ceauşescu outlawed contraception and abortion in 1966. Thousands of unwanted children were placed in state orphanages where they faced terrible conditions. With the fall of Communism, many children moved onto the streets. Some were from the orphanages. Others were runaways from impoverished families. Today there are 20,000 children living on the streets while the resources for sheltering these homeless youths are severely limited.
Children Underground follows the story of five street children, aged eight to sixteen who live in a subway station in Bucharest, Romania. The street kids are encountered daily by commuting adults, who pass them by in the station as they starve, swindle, and steal, all while searching desperately for a fresh can of paint to get high with.
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Originally posted by Rihinvention
Everyone's seen it, but 'Bowling for Columbine' is actually so fascinating. No one in America seems to really realise that 'gun culture' is not normal. Like I live in Australia and we barely even lock our front door when we leave the house. America is crazy for guns.
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Well, that has more to do with the overall crime rate than it does with guns in particular.
Also, common sense? Why wouldn't you lock your doors just to be safe? Doors have locks for a reason.
