Ceausescu's Kids
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Sociopolitical Documentary hosted by Cedric Smith and published by History Channel broadcasted as part of HC Turning Points of History series in 2004 - English narration
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For a generation Romanian women were forced to have babies they didn't want. Nicolae Ceausescu imposed a ban on abortion and birth control and forced every woman of child bearing age to have at least four children. Control over reproduction was strictly enforced. The infant and maternal death rate was high. Thousands babies were born with AIDS. In cases when children were born with mental or physical disabilities, their parents were explicitly encouraged to leave them in the special orphanages. In certain cases, when parental agreement was not easily obtainable, parents were made to believe that their infant was dead while in reality the new-born was transferred to the special "child-care" institution. Plagued by horrifying living conditions and wide-spread abuse, these orphanages were often situated in remote areas of the country, keeping the "embarrassing" sight of disabled children away from public view. The film crew shot much of the footage in such institutions and the result is a shockingly graphic sequence of skeleton-like emaciated and neglected children. Ceausescu's lasting legacy is a generation of unwanted children.
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Video Codec: Xvid
Video Bitrate: ~1500 kbps
Video Resolution: 512x384 (height x width)
Video Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Audio Codec: AC3
Audio BitRate: 192 kbps
Audio Streams: 2.0
Audio Languages: English
RunTime Per Part: 47 min
Number Of Parts: 1
Part Size: 600 MB
Subtitles: none
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Categories: Sociopolitical | Cedric Smith | History Channel | HC Turning Points of History | 2004 | English | Name | Romania
Cedric Smith
Language > English
Name
Publisher > History Channel
Publisher > History Channel > HC Turning Points of History
Series
Subject > History
Subject > Sociopolitical
Subject > Travel > Romania
Theme
Year > 2004