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”
Tag Archives: vietnam-war
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”
A Bird's Eye View of Fashion, Food, Travel, Culture, Beverage and Curiosity 