Two Films and a Talk with Trinh T. Minh-ha
Screening Dates
  • March 16, 2018 7:00
Vancouver Premiere

Drawing on ancient stories of Vietnam’s creation, this lyrical film essay from Trinh T. Minh-ha (Surname Viet Given Name Nam) moves between Hi‑8 footage shot in 1995 and digital footage filmed in 2012. Images of contemporary life in Vietnam unfold in a dialogue between land and water, the two elements that form the Vietnamese term for country, ​“đất nứớc.” Through the experiences of local inhabitants, immigrants, and veterans, Forgetting Vietnam honours the survivors of the Vietnam War and commemorates the 40th anniversary of the war’s end.


Filmmaker Trinh T. Minh-ha will be in attendance to introduce and discuss Forgetting Vietnam. A reception will be held afterwards in The Cinematheque lobby.

Note

Trinh T. Minh-ha is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, composer, and scholar whose films have been given over fifty retrospectives internationally. She has lectured worldwide on film, art, feminism, and cultural politics. She is Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and of Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley.