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During the Vietnam war, the U.S. military sprayed up to 72 million litres of herbicides on the Vietnamese countryside, to strip bare the forested areas in which guerrilla forces concealed themselves. The herbicides were known as Agent Orange because of the identifying colour stripe on their containers. As a consequence of the spraying, Vietnam became a test bed for the analysis of the chilling effects of poisonous chemicals such as dioxin, the contaminant in Agent Orange. Dr. Nguyen Viet Nhan, 41 years old, teaches physiology and genetics at the Medical College in Hue, a town in central Vietnam. He has been researching links between the defoliant bombing and congenital disabilities found in babies born after the end of the war. This documentary reveals the continuing consequences of defoliants by filming on location at one village over a long period. It records the lives of the children and their families who have to live with the after-effects of Agent Orange.

Japan - 1999 - 59 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour

Réalisation Masahiro Nishiyama, Takashi Kondo Image Masahiro Nishiyama Son Kozo Hosomi Montage Masahiro Nishiyama, Takashi Kondo Narrateur David Schaufele

Production NHK Japan Broadcasting Corp, 2-2-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-Ku, 150-8001 Tokyo, Japon Tél : +81 3 5455 4279 Fax : +81 3 3481 1453 Co-Production NHK Kyusyu Medis Inc.

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