2003 Asian American Film Series
Thursday, April 3
FROM HOLLYWOOD TO HANOI
(Du Thi Thanh Nga/1994/80 min/VHS)
The
director was born in Saigon, where her father was the Minister of Information
for the former Republic of Vietnam. In 1966, her family moved to the U.S.,
where she grew up to become an actress. Although advised by many against
it, she visits Vietnam several times in search of the part of herself she
could only find there.
Over the course of the documentary she reunites with relatives, conducts interviews with political leaders, and visits victims of Agent Orange.