Screening of “Daughter from Danang” by FVH

Thu 06 Oct 2011, 7.30 pm
Cinematheque

From Friends of Vietnam Heritage:
Friends of Vietnam Heritage (http://fvheritage.org/) is proud to present you the documentary “Daughter from Đà Nẵng” (81 minutes). The film won the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

For more information, see below:

A heartbreaking documentary that upsets your expectations of happily-ever-afters, Daughter from Đà Nẵng is a riveting emotional drama of longing, identity, and the personal legacy of war. To all outward appearances, Heidi is the proverbial “all-American girl”, hailing from small town Pulaski, Tennessee. But her birth name was Mai Thị Hiệp. Born in Đà Nẵng, Việt Nam in 1968, she’s the mixed-race daughter of an American serviceman and a Vietnamese woman. Fearing for her daughter’s safety at the war’s end, Hiệp’s mother sent her to the U.S. on “Operation Babylift”, a Ford administration plan to relocate orphans and mixed-race children to the U.S. for adoption before they fell victim to a frighteningly uncertain future in Vietnam after the Americans pulled out. Mother and daughter would know nothing about each other for 22 years.

Now, as if by a miracle, they are reunited in Đà Nẵng. But what seems like the cue for a happy ending is anything but. Heidi and her Vietnamese relatives find themselves caught in a confusing clash of cultures and at the mercy of conflicting emotions that will change their lives forever. Through intimate and sometimes excruciating moments, Daughter from Đà Nẵng profoundly shows how wide the chasms of cultural difference and how deep the wounds of war can run–even within one family.

Language: Vietnamese with English subtitles
Cost:100,000 VND
Limit:90 people

Registration:Please email Thu at [email protected]. Please leave your mobile phone number so we can contact you in case of any last minute changes.

Notes:Your reservation is not confirmed until you receive an email from us. Please pick up and pay for your tickets on the evening of the event at the cinema. The box office will be open from 6:30 to 7:15 PM. As a courtesy to those on the waiting list, please cancel if you can’t come by calling 0167 670 3835. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. While we cannot pre-book seats, if you come early you can pick your favorite seats.