The reality of growing up as a bi-racial child in Ukraine, a rare and truly visible minority, is not for the faint of heart. Interviews with African medical students and neo-nazis on the streets of Kiev paint a very dangerous picture.
Olga is a foster mother to 16 bi-racial orphans. She calls them “my chocolates” and raises them to be patriotic Ukrainians. Some residents of her small town in Eastern Ukraine, neighboring Russia, consider Olga a saint – but many believe she is just crazy. Inherited from the Soviet era, there is a stigma in the country against interracial relationships between Ukrainian girls and students from Africa, who come to Ukraine to study. The destiny of hundreds of bi-racial children is tragic – unwanted and doomed to grow up as orphans.

Interfilm Productions

Foster home care -- Ukraine -- Case studies, Foster mothers -- Ukraine -- Biography, Foster children -- Ukraine -- Biography, Abandoned children -- Ukraine, Racially mixed children -- Ukraine, Abandoned children, Foster children, Foster home care, Ukraine

Ivanova, Julia (director), Ivanova, Julia (writer), Ivanov, Boris (producer), Nenya, Olga (performer), Ivanova, Julia (editor), Shakhov, Stanislav (videographer), Sichon, Boris (composer), Sichon, Rivka (contributor), Sichon, Boris (contributor), Family Portrait Productions (producer), Interfilm Productions (producer), Passion River Films (producer)

01:25:05 (HH:MM:SS)

English

adult/continuing education, higher education, high school (grades 10-12), college

Name	Interfilm Productions Inc.
Role	distributor
Telephone	(604) 638-8920
Address	Suite 304 - 1515 West Hastings Street Vancouver, BC V6G 3G6 Canada
Email	[email protected]

2012-01-01

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