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1h 48m
DocumentaryHistoryWar
5.2

The film evolves around questions of identity, popular memory and culture. While focusing on aspects of Vietnamese reality as seen through the lives and history of women resistance in Vietnam and in the U.S, it raises questions on the politics of interviewing and documenting.

Cast

Tran Thi Hein
Self
Ngo Kim Nhuy
Self
Khien Lai
Self
Tran Tai Bich Yen
Self
Lan Trinh
Self
Sue Whitfield
Self

Crew

Trịnh T. Minh-hà
Director, Writer, Editor
Kathleen Beeler
Director of Photography
Jean-Paul Bourdier
Production Design, Lighting Artist, Art Direction
Linda Peckman
Sound Director
Jim Kallett
Sound Director

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