BLACK CZECHS
In the 1980s, dozens of Namibian children were brought up in socialist Czechoslovakia.The aim of this special education program was to raise a new generation of children as a politically conscious elite.But the experiment ended in the early 1990s following fundamental political changes in both countries.
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In the 1980s, dozens of Namibian children were brought up in socialist Czechoslovakia. The aim of this special education program was to raise a new generation of children as a politically conscious elite. But the experiment ended in the early 1990s following fundamental political changes in both countries. The children were forcibly repatriated back to Namibia where they were unable to adapt culturally due to never having completed their elementary education nor receiving any formal language and psychological training. Documentary filmmakers tracked down the now-adult Namibian children and followed their fates both in Namibia and in the Czech Republic over the course of three years.
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- Release date
- Apr 28, 2022
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- 1h 5m
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- Language
- Czech, English
- Country
- Czech Republic
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