"Seryozha" is a brilliant documentary about a street child in St. Petersburg Russia who asks a man for food during a blizzard. Instead of a meal, he finds a father and a family.
The film does a great job of showing what a child's life is like living on the streets and documents the current government institutional system that has developed in Russia to deal with street children. Unfortunately it is not much improved and only supports the institutional orphanage system that obviously does not work well.
The film follows the story of Seryozha's new "father" who fights to adopt this child he found on the street. He encounters many obstacles in the government system that cares nothing for the individual child or even supports these children being adopted or living with families.
I found the problems and situations in this film very similar to those found in Ukraine and this is why I posted it on our blog. It's about 30 minutes and well worth watching!
To see the video, click HERE.
