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Trinh T. Minh-ha • U.S. • 1989 • 108 min.

SYNOPSIS

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.

TRAILER

FESTIVALS, AWARDS & ALTERNATIVE SCREENINGS (Highlights)

First-Prize Blue Ribbon Award for Best Film-As-Art Feature
American International Film Festival. United States (1990)
First-Prize for Film As Art | SECA Award
San Francisco MOMA. United States (1990)
Merit Award
Bombay International Film Festival. India (1990)

New Directors/New Films. United States
Toronto Festival of Festivals. Canada
Los Angeles International Film Exposition (Filmex). United States
Films de Femmes de Créteil. France
Vancouver International Film Festival. Canada
Asian Pacific Film Festival. United States
Taipei Women’s Film Festival. Taiwan
London Film Festival. UK
Jerusalem International Film Festival. Israel
Bombay International Film Festival. India
São Paulo Film Festival. Brazil
Sydney Film Festival. Australia
MIFF Melbourne International Film Festival. Australia
Hawaii Film Festival. United States

CREW

DIRECTOR & WRITTER
Trinh T. Minh-ha

PRODUCER
Jean-Paul Bourdier

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Kathleen Beeler

LIGHTING DESIGN
Jean-Paul Bourdier

EDITOR
Trinh T. Minh-ha

CAST
Khien Lai
Ngo Kim Nhuy
Tran Thi Bich Yen
Tran Thi Hien
Lan Trinh

SALES
María Vera (KINO REBELDE)