Ang Mundo Ng Pagkalulong (Solvent Boys Documentary)

Ang Mundo ng Pagkalulong (Solvent Boys Documentary) – A documentary film about street people in the Philippines who use solvents like Rugby or Vulcasil as inhalants. These poor people are widely known as “solvent boys”. In this film, the 7 ACES (Adamson Creative Engineering Students), with the help of their Theology professor Sir Ricardo Sanchez, reveals the truth to why these solvent boys make this dreadful choice, to be in the world of addiction. *Thank you Sir Ricardo Sanchez for giving us this opportunity to be in touch with these people. We really learned a lot from them in doing this film. We will never forget this experience.

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