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Surname Viêt given name Nam

Title: Surname Viêt given name Nam [videorecording] / directed, written, edited & translated by Trinh T. Minh-ha.
Publication: New York, NY : Distributed by Women Make Movies, c1989.

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Description

1 videocassette (108 min.) : sd., col. and b&w; 1/2 in.

Summary

Explores the role of Vietnamese women historically and in contemporary society. Uses dance, printed texts, folk poetry and the words and experiences of Vietnamese women in North and South Vietnam and the United States. Explores the difficulty of translation, and themes of dislocation and exile, critiquing both traditional society and life since the war.

Subjects

Women > Vietnam > Social conditions
Vietnam > Social conditions
Women > United States > Social conditions
Vietnamese Americans > Social conditions
Women > Vietnam > Interviews
Vietnamese Americans > Interviews
Women > United States > Interviews

Performer (note)

Tran Thi Bich Yen, Lan Trinh, Sue Whitfield, Khien Lai, Ngo Kim Nhuy.

System Details (note)

VHS.

Language (note)

In English and Vietnamese with English subtitles.

Call Number

*UGS-1510

OCLC

43772887

Title

Surname Viêt given name Nam [videorecording] / directed, written, edited & translated by Trinh T. Minh-ha.

Imprint

New York, NY : Distributed by Women Make Movies, c1989.

System Details

VHS.

Cast

Tran Thi Bich Yen, Lan Trinh, Sue Whitfield, Khien Lai, Ngo Kim Nhuy.

Language

In English and Vietnamese with English subtitles.

Added Author

Trinh, T. Minh-Ha (Thi Minh-Ha), 1952-

Women Make Movies (Firm)

Research Call Number

*UGS-1510 [Video]

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