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The white supremacists are a growing force in the Ukraine, making it a dangerous place to live for persons of other ethnicities or mixed-race. The documentary follows a foster family, which includes several mixed-race children. The children share their struggles in living in Ukraine, being a foster child, yet adopting this family as their own. Yet, one child does not have this sense of belonging; he believes he is an outsider, but doesn’t understand what faces him when he is released from the system at age 16. The viewer observes the raw emotion of the foster mom as she comes under scrutiny by the state for the living conditions. At one point the foster mom cries out that she cares for the children that no one wants. The film captures a real sense of desperation of the conditions being faced by persons of non-white races in the Ukraine. The film would be an asset for studies in sociology, social work, and international studies.