Vietnamese-born Trinh T. Minh-ha’s profoundly personal documentary explores the role of Vietnamese women historically and in contemporary society. Using dance, printed texts, folk poetry and the words and experiences of Vietnamese women in Vietnam—from both North and South—and the United States, Trinh’s film challenges official culture with the voices of women. A theoretically and formally complex work, Surname Viet, given name Nam explores the difficulty of translation, and themes of dislocation and exile, critiquing both traditional society and life since the war.

Women Make Movies

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

Minh-ha, Trinh T. (director), Minh-ha, Trinh T. (writer), Bourdier, Jean-Paul (producer), Minh-ha, Trinh T. (narrator), Minh-ha, Trinh T. (editor), Nhat Hanh, Thich (writer), Beeler, Kathleen (cinematographer), Tu, Ngoc (singer), Women make movies (distributor)

01:48:13 (HH:MM:SS)

English

adult/continuing education, higher education, high school (grades 10-12), college

Name	Women Make Movies
Role	distributor
Telephone	212-925-0606
Address	462 Broadway, STE 500, New York, NY 10013
Email	[email protected]

1989-01-01

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