Regret to Inform (1999)
In this film made over ten years, filmmaker Barbara Sonneborn goes on a pilgrimage to the Vietnamese countryside where her husband was killed. She and translator (and fellow war widow) Xuan Ngoc Nguyen explore the meaning of war and loss on a human level. The film weaves interviews with Vietnamese and American widows into a vivid testament to the legacy of war.
Director: Barbara Sonneborn
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Barbara Sonneborn as Self |
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Xuan Ngoc Nguyen as Self |
| Directing | Barbara Sonneborn | Director |
| Writing | Barbara Sonneborn | Writer |
| Editing | Ken Schneider | Editor |
| Editing | Lucy Massie Phenix | Editor |
| Production | Barbara Sonneborn | Producer |
| Crew | Xuan Ngoc Nguyen | Translator |
| Production | Janet Cole | Producer |
| Camera | Daniel Reeves | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Emiko Omori | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Nancy Schiesari | Director of Photography |