Weronika Mliczewska. Child of Dust
“This is a forgotten puzzle of a war nobody remembers. It is about children who are the living outcome of it, and whose lives were only suffering because of the war,” says director Weronika Mliczewska about her new film Child of Dust. Listen to an episode of the dok.revue podcast about the film competing in the Czech Joy section at the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival.
About the film:
Sang has struggled his entire life with the stigmatizing label of being a “child of dust.” This is how the unwanted offspring of Vietnamese women and American soldiers are referred to. Tens of thousands of them were born during the Vietnam War. Most of them never knew their fathers. Fifty years after the end of the conflict, Sang continues to search for his. He hopes that with the help of a DNA test, he will finally be able to find out where he belongs. But in order to find his new family, he must leave his current one. Just like his father once did. Nevertheless, he manages this emotionally demanding journey of self-discovery and acceptance with stoic calm. The same composure is evident in Mikael Lypinski's unobtrusive camera work and the gently melancholic soundtrack by Argentine composer Joaquín García.
| Weronika Mliczewska (born 1986) is a Polish director, anthropologist, producer, and graduate of universities in Warsaw, London, and Los Angeles. In her documentary work, she draws on her interdisciplinary education and extensive travel experience. As part of her research, she has visited the Amazon jungle, remote areas of the Andes, and the Arctic Circle. Child of Dust is her feature-length debut. |
