Drawing on heart-wrenching personal accounts, Katie Silver examines the lessons of Romania’s lost generation.

The 2001 documentary is about some of the many homeless, orphaned children who lived on the streets of Romania as a result of the explosive rise in youth population that resulted from Nicolae Ceauşescu’s laws outlawing abortion and birth control. This Oscar-nominated documentary explores the tragic policy decision by Romanian dictator Nicolei Ceaucescu to outlaw the use of contraceptives and encourage his impoverished populace to … And so, along with another Romanian American adoptee, Izidor plans to make a documentary about Romania’s current “orphans.” This gathering is a … The children profiled in the film live in underground in the subways.

In 1990 Romania, the world was stunned by what was revealed: Images of orphanages, of starving, freezing unloved children, suffering shocking untold misery.

When dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was overthrown in 1989, Romania …