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Trinh T. Minh-ha's film looks at the many faces of culture of Vietnamese women as seen in staged interviews, dance footage, and manipulated archival images. Also questions the politics of interviewing and the problems of translation in filmmaking.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Women Make Movies (Firm)
Other Authors: Trinh, T. Minh-Ha (Thi Minh-Ha), 1952-, Trần, Thị Hiển, Khien, Lai, Ngo, Kim Nhuy, Tran, Thi Bich Yen, Trinh, Lan, Sue Whitfield, Mai, Thu Vân
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Vietnamese
Language Notes:In English and Vietnamese or in Vietnamese with English subtitles.
Published: New York : Women Make Movies, [2005]
Subjects:
Women > Vietnam > Social conditions.
Women > Vietnam > Interviews.
Vietnamese American women > Social conditions.
Vietnamese American women > Interviews.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Women.
Folk songs, Vietnamese.
Vietnam > Social conditions.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Biographical films.
Historical films.
Description
Summary:Trinh T. Minh-ha's film looks at the many faces of culture of Vietnamese women as seen in staged interviews, dance footage, and manipulated archival images. Also questions the politics of interviewing and the problems of translation in filmmaking.
Item Description:Originally produced in 1989.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; Dolby digital 2.0.
Production Credits:Cinematography, Kathleen Beeler ; associate producer, art direction, Jean-Paul Bourdier ; folk poetry sung by Ngoc Tu, with voices of Lan Trinh and Trinh T. Minh-ha ; rhythmic improvisation on drum and solo of the dan kim by Tran Van Khe, with spoons and woodblock by Tran Quang Hai and Tran Thi Thuy Ngoc ; excerpts of folksong "Gian ma thuong" by Thu Hien ; excerpts of "A Lullaby" and "Song of the boat people" sung by Sister Phuong, written by Thich Nhat Hanh.