Indochine, sur les traces d'une mère

Indochine, sur les traces d’une mère (English: 'Indochina, Traces of a Mother') is a 2011 documentary film.

Indochine, sur les traces d’une mère
Directed by	Idrissou Mora-Kpai
Screenplay by	Idrissou Mora-Kpai
Produced by	Jeanette Jouili Idrissou Mora-Kpai
Cinematography	Jacques Besse
Edited by	Rodolphe Molla Agnès Contensou
Music by	Wasis Diop
Release date	2011 (2011)
Running time	71 minutes
Countries	Benin France

Synopsis

Between 1946 and 1954, more than 60,000 African soldiers were sent to the Far East to fight against the Viet Minh. Many unions between Vietnamese women and African soldiers took place, and children were born. Some stayed with their mothers, but others were taken back to Africa. Through the story of Christophe, a 58-year-old Afro-Asian, Idrissou Mora-Kpai not only tells the story of these children of mixed heritage, but also the unnatural fight in which colonized Africans stood against the Vietnamese who were fighting for their independence.

Awards

• Fespaco 2011

References

• African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA-3.0)

External links

• Indochine, sur les traces d'une mère at IMDb