CHILDREN OF LENINGRADSKY
“This film is more than a film about the homeless children of Moscow. It is about the consequences of abandoning our humanity”
-Hanna Polak-
Children of Leningradsky it’s a heartbreaking documentary that takes you into the lives of homeless children who live at Leningradsky Railway Station. These children prefer to live on the streets that staying at home, where they were beaten up or they were kicked out by their parents. But living on the streets it’s hard, in the freezing Russian winter finding shelter is essential, however the best spots are taken by the bigger kids, who beat and stole to the younger ones. They’re only relief in that inhuman conditions is glue. Glue makes the forget the hunger, the cold, the loneliness, the pain. But that’s not it, they also have to fight against pedophiles, being homeless kids that nobody cares about makes them an easy target, with the promise of food and a shower they’re easily lured out but there’s always the fear that you might end up dead.
Children of Leningradsky
Since the fall of the Soviet Union between 1 to 4 million children have become homeless in Russia. When this film was made, authorities estimated that some 30,000 children were living on the streets and railway stations of Moscow
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