Plot

A documentary that explores injustice, neglect and perpetual helplessness.

Bunso is a 64 minute documentary film that shed light to the shocking and atrocious living conditions of thousands of juvenile delinquents locked in an overcrowded and undermanned penitentiary for adults. The film follows the daily lives of 3 underage criminal offenders accused of theft and robbery; Anthony aged 13, stole money to feed his siblings, Diosel aged 11, was sent to jail when his father discovered that he had stolen from a store, and Tisoy (also known as Bunso) the neglected and drug-addicted child who went from begging to stealing in order to fund is addiction.

The documentary showed how "minor offenders" had to fight for food which are not enough to feed all inmates, had to wait for rain so they may get a shower, and had to follow an alternate sleeping schedule in order to fit 157 inmates in jail cells made for less than a hundred. The filmmakers aim to draw attention to the faulty justice system in the Philippines.