Black H'mong's Voice starts from a cultural, political and religious study of Sa Pa, a region in northern Vietnam, a few steps away from the Yunnan (southern region of China).
Following the H'Exchange project of Students for Humanity and operating in the extremely isolated village of Hau Thao, the idea is to realize a documentary engaging with cultural and political developments of the area.
Hau Thao is evidence of north Vietnamese traditions and cultures that are trampled on by what we define as a real action of colonialism: the Chinese colonization.
Chinese aggression incites Vietnamese reaction, from the burning of factories to self-immolation on Ho Chi Minh streets.
Here is the tableau: a population destroyed by a colonialism tinged with capitalism.
Our passion for Far East culture makes us conscious of this catastrophic situation and motivates our reaction. We strongly believe in a cultural revolution, in an ideological reaction, that uses as its weapon the power of visual communication and an artful launching of messages. .
The goal is to make a 40-50 minute documentary, starting from the Sa Pa region, with a focus on the isolated and "pure" Hau Thao, and ending with an approach to the big city of Hanoi.
We will highlight - through images, interviews and editing - the immaculate side of northern Vietnam.
The subject of the film will be the culture of the Black H'mongs, a population so named because of the dark tunic they wear. The aim is to oppose these intimate images to a Vietnam that is raped by colonization: how paths, rice terraces and natural landscapes are transformed into streets or massive Chinese factories in Hanoi; how habits and traditions are dissolved by a perpetual, deadening capitalist process.
The documentary will be narrated by Black H'mongs' Voice, the voice of northern Vietnam.
A burned country fighting for a political, cultural and spiritual independence.