Documentary Screening-- "Children Underground"

Friday, Nov. 14 • 8 pm Film: “Children Underground” Sundance award winning documentary about children on the streets of Bucharest, Romania. Five children, age 8 - 16, boys and girls, living in a Bucharest subway station, are filmed for more than a year. They are but a few of the more than 20,000 Romanian street children, the human cost of the Ceausescu regime (1965-1989), which banned abortion and even contraceptive devices in order to increase the country's work force. Unwanted, unloved, they live like a feral pack, foraging for food and water, begging, fighting, playing and fantasizing. The drug of choice is Aurolac, a highly toxic paint derivative whose fumes they inhale, sold over the counter. Very heavy but excellent. The Long Haul is a not-for-profit radical community space at 3124 Shattuck, two blocks east of the Ashby BART. It is across the street from La Pena Cultural Center and is served by the 43 AC Transit bus. The Long Haul is wheelchair-accessible. This is part of the fall movie series brought to you, the people, free of charge. www.thelonghaul.org