Hoa

Before developing her memory disorders, my grandmother Trần Thị Tuyết Hoa wrote an autobiographical book about her life and its events. The book is titled “Hồi Ức Tuyết Hoa” (Memories of Tuyết Hoa), and subtitled “Khi Đất Nước Tôi Thanh Bình: Hồi ức của một nữ sinh viên Sài Gòn” (When My Country is Peaceful: Memoirs of a Saigon Female Student). She now reads this book everyday in her Hanoi home. In the form of a poetic letter, this short film is dedicated to her, from me, a grandchild.

Film Maker
Nguyễn, Trâm Anh
Year
2022
Country
Vietnam, Canada
Length
14
Language
Vietnamese
Category
Anthropology, Asian, Diaspora, Families, history, Identity, Immigration, Language, Memory, Mortality, Poetry, Resistance, Time + Space, War + Conflict, Work about Women, Youth
Genre
documentary, experimental, short

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