Surname Viêt Given Name Nam (1989)
The film evolves around questions of identity, popular memory and culture. While focusing on aspects of Vietnamese reality as seen through the lives and history of women resistance in Vietnam and in the U.S, it raises questions on the politics of interviewing and documenting.
Director: Trịnh T. Minh-hà
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Tran Thi Hein as Self |
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Ngo Kim Nhuy as Self |
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Khien Lai as Self |
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Tran Tai Bich Yen as Self |
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Lan Trinh as Self |
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Sue Whitfield as Self |
| Directing | Trịnh T. Minh-hà | Director |
| Writing | Trịnh T. Minh-hà | Writer |
| Art | Jean-Paul Bourdier | Art Direction |
| Sound | Linda Peckman | Sound Director |
| Sound | Jim Kallett | Sound Director |
| Editing | Trịnh T. Minh-hà | Editor |
| Art | Jean-Paul Bourdier | Production Design |
| Lighting | Jean-Paul Bourdier | Lighting Artist |
| Camera | Kathleen Beeler | Director of Photography |