Surname Viêt Given Name Nam

Surname Viêt Given Name Nam (1989)

April 1st, 19891h 48min

Documentary, History, War
56%

Overview

The film evolves around questions of identity, popular memory and culture. While focusing on aspects of Vietnamese reality as seen through the lives and history of women resistance in Vietnam and in the U.S, it raises questions on the politics of interviewing and documenting.


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