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From Hollywood to Hanoi

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In an exploration of her Vietnamese identity, actress and director Tiana Thi Thanh Nga returns to Vietnam eight times over several years with a video camera to explore her family's pre-war exodus. Tiana's insights into postwar Vietnam range from personal to historical --- she is reunited with estranged family members, and she interviews political figures. She also studies the physical effects of the war in a hospital ward devoted to victims of Agent Orange.

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Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times 05/04/2015
An extraordinarily moving and engrossing documentary, covers lots of terrain, emotional as well as cultural and geographical. Go to Full Review Vincent Canby New York Times 05/04/2015
An intense, personal, supremely self-confident feature-length documentary. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Tiana Thi Thanh Nga

Director

Tiana Thi Thanh Nga

Actor

Michael Dodds

Cinematographer

Bruce Dorfman

Cinematographer

Jamie Maxtone-Graham

Cinematographer

Roger Schulte

Film Editing

Movie Info

Synopsis In an exploration of her Vietnamese identity, actress and director Tiana Thi Thanh Nga returns to Vietnam eight times over several years with a video camera to explore her family's pre-war exodus. Tiana's insights into postwar Vietnam range from personal to historical --- she is reunited with estranged family members, and she interviews political figures. She also studies the physical effects of the war in a hospital ward devoted to victims of Agent Orange.
Director
Tiana Thi Thanh Nga
Production Co
Indochina Film Arts Foundation
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 18m