Screening of “Street Vendors”

Tue 26 Nov 2013, 7.30 pm
Cinematheque

CANCELLED due to technical reasons

From FVH:

Friends of Vietnam Heritage (FVH) would like to present to its members the screening of “Street Vendors” – produced by Rolf Jensen with support from the Vietnamese Woman’s Museum in Hanoi

The three films of “ Streets Vendors “ features the voices and stories of a group of rural women in Vietnam, who leave their children and husbands at home and go to Hanoi to work as street vendors.

The first film: “Their voices” features nine women speaking to two different audiences. Their first message is to the foreign audience that understands little about who they are, where they come from and why they do the job they do. Their second message is to the Vietnamese audience that largely sees the street vendors as a nuisance, who they feel come to the city only when they have nothing better to do at home.

The two remaining films focus on two very touching stories of two street vendor women – Ms. Thuy and Ms. Loi.
Thuy’s story tells us of her difficulties she faces while working in a city that is largely hostile to the presence women like her, the pressure from the police and customers who mistrust and look down on her.

Loi’s story is about a 56 years old woman whose husband died years ago and she has been struggling to get out of poverty her entire life. Living in bad conditions in Hanoi to save money she stills worry about her married daughter and family.

Vietnamese with English subtitles and run time is 56 minutes.

Cost: 150,000vnd
Limit: 90 participants
To reserve seats contact: [email protected]
Your reservation is not confirmed until you receive our email.

Please pick up and pay for your tickets on the evening of the event at the cinema (7:00 to 7:15 pm). As a courtesy to those on the waiting list please cancel if you can’t come (phone 090 602 0960 or 090 347 5768). Reserved seating tickets are allocated on a first come – first served basis.

We don’t pre-book seating but if you come early you can pick your favorite seats.