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8.2In 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.
Released: 1999-07-2272 minDir: Barbara SonnebornDocumentary
Stream on: Criterion Channel
Cast
- Barbara Sonneborn as Self
- Xuan Ngoc Nguyen as Self
Themes
- vietnam
- woman director
- war widow
- dead husband
- vietnamese woman
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1998 American films1998 documentary films1998 English-language films1998 filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican documentary filmsBlack-and-white documentary filmsDocumentary films about the Vietnam WarEnglish-language documentary filmsPeabody Award–winning broadcastsSundance Film Festival award–winning filmsTemplate film date with 1 release date