Amerasian Man Seeks Reunion With Long Lost G.I. Dad In 'Child Of Dust'

No one can say for certain how many so-called Amerasian children were fathered during the Vietnam war in relationships between U.S. soldiers and Vietnamese women. Some estimates put the number at 100,000, others even higher – perhaps half a million.

What is known for certain is that those children who grew up in Vietnam faced stigma and prejudice after the North Vietnamese victory in the war. They were a living symbol of the catastrophic U.S. military intervention in the country, and their mothers were looked down upon as having fraternized with the enemy.

Most of the Amerasian children would never know their fathers. The Oscar-contending documentary Child of Dust follows the story of Sang Ngô Thanh , a man fathered by an American G.I. in the 1960s who never gave up hope of one day