Children from Russia

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Filmed in Moscow, Chelyabinsk, and California, this documentary is about several children in Russian orphanages who are being adopted by American couples. Some have minor birth defects that prompted their mothers to place them in the orphanage, others were “unplanned.” "Do you want to go? Tell me" "Yes." RealAudio™ We meet the children in Moscow and Chelyabinsk orphanages and learn their stories. They are just past the toddler stage, and growing up without parents to call their own. We learn about Russian attitudes toward adoption, the orphanage system, and how these children come to be adopted by Americans. Orphanage caregivers, doctors, adoptive parents, adoption agents and others tell their stories.

"We try to place those children with foreign families." RealAudio™ "I'd rather see these children stay in Russia... Even though in my heart I know that they'll be happier over there. Their future in this country is quite bleak." RealAudio™