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"In the highlands of North Vietnam lies the remote town of Sapa, home to a mosaic of colorful hill tribes. Sapa opened to tourism in the late 1990s and now roughly 200 hill tribe girls aged 7-18 years live independently on the streets of Sapa to sell embroidery. A few years ago Australian film...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [Australia?] : [Shalom Almond Films], [2008]
Subjects:
Street children > Vietnam > Sa Pa.
Tourism > Social aspects > Vietnam > Sa Pa.
Girls > Crimes against > Vietnam > Sa Pa.
Sa Pa (Vietnam) > Social conditions > 21st century.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Internet videos.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy; Flash Player required)
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Summary:"In the highlands of North Vietnam lies the remote town of Sapa, home to a mosaic of colorful hill tribes. Sapa opened to tourism in the late 1990s and now roughly 200 hill tribe girls aged 7-18 years live independently on the streets of Sapa to sell embroidery. A few years ago Australian film maker Shalom Almond visited Sapa as a tourist and became friends with four Hmong girls. The girls are savvy, street smart and dream of life beyond selling souvenirs. But how will these young girls survive the leap from remote tribal culture to 21st century Asia? Over the next three years Shalom returns to Vietnam with her camera to find out."-- Kanopy web page.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (52 min., 3 sec.)) : sound, color
Awards:Best Feature Award at South Australia Screen Awards ; Winner of Best Documentary Award at the St Kilda Film Festival ; Winner of IF Audience Award at the St Kilda Film Festival.
Production Credits:Co-producer, Judi Oehme, editor David Banbury.