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Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Barbara Sonneborn
Barbara Sonneborn
April Burns
Lula Bia
Norma Banks
Ngoc Phan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Portrays the lasting devastation of the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of women from both the United States and Vietnam. Widow and filmmaker Sonneborn considers her own memories, and interviews other women in her position. One woman considered injuring her husband's hand to prevent him from going to Vietnam, while another tells of her Navajo husband's sympathy for the Vietnamese. The Vietnamese widows have even more harrowing tales to tell than the Americans: one woman describes hiding under corpses, while another was tortured.
Director
Barbara Sonneborn
Cast
Barbara Sonneborn
April Burns
Lula Bia
Norma Banks
Ngoc Phan
Diane Van Renselaar
Xuan Ngoc Evans
Charlotte Begay
Tran Nghia
Troung Thi Le
Le Thi Ngot
Nguyen Thi Hong
Crew
Todd Boekelheide
Kathy Brew
Janet Cole
Xuan Ngoc Evans
Megan Jones
Julie Konop
Emiko Omori
Lucy Phenix Massie
Daniel Reeves
Daniel Reeves
Nancy Schiesari
Ken Schneider
Barbara Sonneborn
Barbara Sonneborn
Elizabeth Thompson
Todd Wagner
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Documentary Feature
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Documentaries: Truth with an Attitude) May 13 - June 6, 1999.)
Released in United States January 1999 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (documentary competition) in Park City, Utah January 21-31, 1999.)
Released in United States March 1999 (Shown at Cleveland International Film Festival (Special Focus: After Vietnam) March 18-28, 1999.)
Released in United States March 1999 (Shown at South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin, Texas March 12-20, 1999.)
Released in United States May 1999 (Shown at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival May 13-20, 1999.)
Winner of two awards at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival for Best Direction (Barbara Sonneborn) and Best Cinematography (Emiko Mori) in documentary competition.
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States January 1999
Released in United States June 1999
Released in United States March 1999
Released in United States May 1999
Released in United States on Video May 2, 2000
Released in United States September 3, 1999
Released in United States Summer June 25, 1999
Shown at Cleveland International Film Festival (Special Focus: After Vietnam) March 18-28, 1999.
Shown at Florida Film Festival (in competition) June 11-20, 1999.
Shown at Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in New York City (Walter Reade) June 11-24, 1999.
Shown at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival May 13-20, 1999.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Documentaries: Truth with an Attitude) May 13 - June 6, 1999.
Shown at South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin, Texas March 12-20, 1999.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (documentary competition) in Park City, Utah January 21-31, 1999.
Released in United States on Video May 2, 2000
Released in United States June 1999 (Shown at Florida Film Festival (in competition) June 11-20, 1999.)
Released in United States June 1999 (Shown at Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in New York City (Walter Reade) June 11-24, 1999.)
Released in United States Summer June 25, 1999
Released in United States September 3, 1999 (Los Angeles)
