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Surname Viêt Given Name Nam (1989)

Surname Viêt Given Name Nam (1989)

History War Documentary
Release Date: 1989, April 1
Directors: Trịnh T. Minh-hà
Countries: United States of America, Vietnam
Production: Women Make Movies, Women Make Movies
Cast: Tran Thi Hein, Ngo Kim Nhuy, Khien Lai, Tran Tai Bich Yen, Lan Trinh, Sue Whitfield

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

woman director vietnam war