Surname Viêt, given name Nam / film by Trinh T. Minh-ha ; directed, written, edited and translated by Trinh T. Minh-ha.

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) (Publisher)
Other Authors:	Trinh, T. Minh-Ha (Thi Minh-Ha), 1952- (Film director, Screenwriter, Editor of moving image work, Translator) Trần, Thị Hiển (Performer, interviewee (expression),) Khien, Lai (Performer, interviewee (expression),) Ngo, Kim Nhuy (Performer, interviewee (expression),) Tran, Thi Bich Yen (Performer, interviewee (expression),) Trinh, Lan (Performer, interviewee (expression),) Mai, Thu Vân
Language:	English Vietnamese
Language and/or Writing System:	In English and 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. Social conditions. Vietnamese American women. Women. Women > Social conditions. Vietnam. 1961-1975 Interviews. Biographical films. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Experimental films. Historical films.
Genre:	Interviews. Biographical films. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Experimental films. Historical films.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

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.
Note:	Originally produced in 1989.
Call Number:	HQ1750.5 .S875 2005 VideoDVD
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.
System Details:	Burned DVD (DVD-R) format: this disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives; Dolby digital 2.0.
Cast:	Tran Thi Hien (Ly, Hien), Khien Lai (Thu Van, Khien), Ngo Kim Nhuy (Cat Tien, Kim), Tran Thi Bich Yen (Anh, Yen), Lan Trinh (Lan), Sue Whitfield (Lan's friend).