Documentary Screening “The 80s in My Eyes…” and Meet Director Tran Van Thuy

Sat 16 Aug 2014, 8 – 10 pm
Heritage Space

From the organizer:

We will show the documentary “Living as one should” (Chuyện tử tế, 1985) an outstanding movie of Mr. Tran Van Thuy, the content is about the fate of the poor and the social conflicts. This film is considered as one of the most distinctive film of director Tran Van Thuy. It won Silver Dove award in Leipzig International film Festival and the foreign press called it “the bomb from Vietnam exploded in the city of Leipzig”.

Then we will follow up with a small talk about Mr. Thuy’s book, which he completed in 2013. A book called “The story of Thuy” recounts all the joy and trouble he went through his career.

The show will be hosted by Director Dao Thanh Hung who also has some documentaries on the 80s’s subject but from a young person’s perspective.

Language: Film in Vietnamese with English subtitles. The talk will be in Vietnamese and English translation (support if necessary).

This show is non – profit. Audience donate for the show by buying a drink cost VND 80.000/person/drink.

Read more about Tran Van Thuy as well as the history of Vietnam’s documentary film on an article by Nguyen Trinh Thi.