The 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival runs until 16March2025. Ngo Thanh Sang is one of thousands of Amerasian children left behind in Vietnam as South Vietnam finally collapsed in 1975 with Americans beating a hasty retreat. Sang’s father was an American soldier in Vietnam serving a 1966—67 tour of duty. The result of his relationshipContinue reading “27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival: “Children of the Dust”: Great Expectations of a Vietnamese Amerasian Cultural Orphan”
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RKS 2024 Film: “New Wave”: Vietnamese Escape Artists Groove to the New Wave
Filmmaker Elizabeth Ai weaves an interesting documentary on California’s Vietnamese New Wave craze and the disaffection of many Vietnamese “refugees” that fled to California after the fall of South Vietnam. Ai prefers to call Vietnamese fleeing the communist regime as “escape artists”. Ai was abandoned by her mother being raised by an aunt and herContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “New Wave”: Vietnamese Escape Artists Groove to the New Wave”
RKS 2023 Film: “Children of the Mist”: Weird, Amusing or Just Plain Disgusting
“Children of the Mist” is a documentary exploring the kidnapping of young girls within the Hmong ethnic group in the isolated mountainous regions of northern Vietnam where the mist often drifts in. A component of the Hmong culture is the kidnapping of underage girls for the purposes of marriage as young as thirteen years ofContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Children of the Mist”: Weird, Amusing or Just Plain Disgusting”
As a tourist is Vietnam for you?
Ten things to consider if Vietnam is for you By Robert K. StephenThe Suburban Oct 24, 2018 0 Facebook Twitter Email Facebook Twitter Email Print Save Vietnam has hit the top ten for exotic travel. But here are some things to remember having been there. 1. Vietnam is unlike Europe and North America Europe andContinue reading “As a tourist is Vietnam for you?”
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