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    Forgetting Vietnam

    TRINH T. Minh-Ha 2015 USA, Vietnam Documentary color 90min Vietnamese DCP
    Vietnam in ancient times was named "the land of endless springs." One of the myths surrounding the creation of Vietnam involves a fight between two dragons whose intertwined bodies fell into the South China Sea and formed Vietnam's curving 'S' shaped coastline. Legend also has it that Vietnam's ancestors were born from the union of a Dragon King, Lạc Long Quân and a fairy, Âu Cơ. She swallowed a handful of earthly soil and consequently lost the power to return to the heaven. Her tears formed Vietnam's myriad rivers and the country's recurring floods are the land's way of remembering her…

    Director

    TRINH T. Minh-Ha

    TRINH T. Minh-Ha. is a filmmaker, writer, composer and Professor of Rhetoric and of Gender & Women's Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Her work includes : eight feature-length films which honored in numerous retrospectives around the world; several large-scale collaborative installations such as L’Autre Marche (Paris 2006-2009), Old Land New Waters (China 2008); and numerous books. She was the recipient of many Lifetime Awards.

    TRINH T. Minh-Ha
    • 2015 Forgetting Vietnam《遺忘越南》
    • 2004 Night Passage
    • 2001 The Fourth Dimension
    • 1995 A Tale of Love
    • 1989 Surname Viet Given Name Nam《姓越名南》

    Directed & Writer & Editor: TRINH T. Minh-Ha.
    Production and Photography: TRINH T. Minh-Ha.. & Jean-Paul BOURDIER
     

     

    Trinh T. Minh-Ha
    trinh@berkeley.edu

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