Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Trinh, T. Minh-Ha (Thi Minh-Ha), 1952-
2. Women Make Movies (Firm)

Description

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

Summary

1. 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.

Subject

1. Women > Vietnam > Social conditions
2. Women > Vietnam > Interviews
3. Women > United States > Social conditions
4. Women > United States > Interviews
5. Vietnamese Americans > Social conditions
6. Vietnamese Americans > Interviews
7. Vietnam > Social conditions

Call number

1. *UGS-1510

Performer (note)

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

System details (note)

1. VHS.

Language (note)

1. In English and Vietnamese with English subtitles.

Title

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

Imprint

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

System details

1. VHS.

Cast

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

Language

1. In English and Vietnamese with English subtitles.

Added author

1. Trinh, T. Minh-Ha (Thi Minh-Ha), 1952-
2. Women Make Movies (Firm)

Research call number

1. *UGS-1510 [Video]