Vietnamese Journeys – Marking Fifty Years of Memory, Migration, and Resilience

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Two powerful Vietnamese American documentaries reflecting on the 50th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon, exploring memory, resilience, mass media and the enduring echoes of war.

*Filmmakers in Attendance for post-screening Q&A (first screening only)

Presented in Multiple Parts

WE WERE THE SCENERY

The story of Hoa Thi Le and Hue Nguyen Che, who, in 1975, after fleeing the Vietnam War by boat and docking in...

15 min | Christopher Radcliff | United States, Canada | HAWAI''I PREMIERE | Vietnamese | English

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ON HEALING LAND, BIRDS PERCH (ĐẤT LÀNH CHIM ĐẬU)

A short documentary that tells the remarkable stories behind one of the most iconic photos in history, while a...

34 min | Naja Pham Lockwood | United States | English, Vietnamese | English

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