Bi-racial children in the Ukraine - “Family Portrait in Black and White”
“Family Portrait in Black and White” is a compelling film of Russian/Canadian Filmmaker Julia Ivanova about a group of bi-racial/black orphans in the former Soviet republic Ukraine.
Forced to constantly defend themselves from racist neighbours and skinheads, these children have to be on guard against the world that surrounds them.
The film is still in production, but will have its World Premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.Short synopsis: Olga Nenya, from a small Ukrainian town, is raising sixteen black orphans in a country of Slavic blue-eyed blonds. The reality of growing up as a bi-racial child in Eastern Europe, a rare and truly visible minority, is not for the faint of heart. While Olga is on a crusade to save her children from the unjust world, she is also determined to shape their future according to her own, sometimes limited vision.
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