Twenty thousand children live on the streets of Bucharest, struggling with starvation and addiction in the subway tunnels of the city.
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Twenty thousand children live on the streets of Bucharest, struggling with starvation and addiction in the subway tunnels of the city.
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Cristina Ionescu, a 16-year-old girl, leads a group of five homeless children living in a subway station in Bucharest, Romania. They navigate a harsh existence marked by starvation, petty theft, and addiction to Aurolac, an industrial adhesive. The children, aged eight to sixteen, often inhale paint fumes from plastic bags to escape their grim reality. As they struggle for survival, they encounter indifference from the commuting adults who pass by daily, unaware of their plight.
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Why Watch
- Meet Cristina, the tough leader of the subway kids.
- Follow Mihai as he seeks a better life away from abuse.
- Find out how Aurolac addiction affects street children.
Did You Know
- 20,000 children are homeless in Romania after the collapse of communism.
- Cristina Ionescu left an orphanage at age 11 to live on the streets.
- Mihai Tudose ran away from home at age 8 due to parental abuse.
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What is Aurolac and how is it used by the children in the documentary?
Aurolac is an industrial adhesive used in construction, and the children inhale it from plastic bags to get high.
What award did Children Underground win at the Sundance Film Festival?
Children Underground won the Special Jury Prize at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival.
How many children are primarily followed in Children Underground?
The documentary primarily follows five children aged eight to sixteen living in a subway station in Bucharest.
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