Bonjour les amis,
A force de chercher, je tombe pile sur ce site:
www.ivce.org. "The Institute for Vietnamese Culture & Education" dont la vocation est de promouvoir la culture vietnamienne a travers la culture, les arts, la musique, les magazines et l'education etc..
Je compte bien honorer de ma presence la projection,
la premiere fois aux States, a lecture de la pub. de "
3 films documentaires sur le Vietnam" qu'il organise le 8 novembre prochain.
Les avez vous deja visionnes au Vietnam??? si oui, comment les avez vous trouves?? n'ayez crainte, cela ne m'enlevera pas le plaisir d'aller regarder pour moi et pour ceux du FV qui ne l'aurez jamais vus......
Documentaries from Vietnam
Saturday, November 8th at 7PM
Cantor Film Center at NYU, 36 East 8th Street (at 5th Ave), New York NY 10003
IVCE is pleased to announce our upcoming event in the United States. The premiere of documentary films from Vietnam.
1 . Letter from Dong Van, directed by Nguyen Huu Tuan.
2 . Streets and Sidewalks: The (Re)public space of Vietnam, directed by Tranviet Thuy.
3 . Father, Mother apologize you, directed by Phan Huyen Thu.
Film: DVD, Color, English subtitles.
Synopsis:
1. Letter from Dong Van, 23 minutes: "Dong Van is a district 150 kilometers from Ha Giang, towering 1,200 meters above the sea level, making the dome of the entire country. The largest ethnic group here is the H’mong. Their hamlets scatter on high mountain slopes. When I first came here, I sometimes asked myself why the H’mong people had chosen to build their lives on such brutal lands. Their choice is still a mystery to me…"
2. Streets and Sidewalks, 10 minutes: The (Re)public space of Vietnam: The film looks the use of streets and sidewalks as a public (and private) space and the people who make a living by having various occupations on the sidewalks. The film is part of a larger project but this segment provides viewers a glimpse of contemporary Vietnam in the market economy era.
3. Father, Mother apologize you, 37 minutes: "A poor bricklayer, Tong Phuoc Phuc, from Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa Province, joins a group of “Volunteers” to collect dead fetuses and bodies of children, unclaimed, to bury them in a cemetery on top of a small hill, called Hon Thom, in the village of Xuan Ngoc, Vinh Ngoc District, Khanh Hoa Province. The bricklayer has found a few surviving children, abandoned by their parents, brought them home and cares for them, hoping that their parents would come look for them one day and send them to schools…"
For more information on IVCE, please visit our website at www.ivce.org.