Scene from the film Surname Viet Given Name Nam

Surname Viet Given Name Nam

Direction
Year 
1989
Country
  • United States
Runtime
108min 
Audio Tracks 
Subtitles 

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.

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Details

  • Original Title
    Surname Viet Given Name Nam
  • Direction
  • Screenplay
    Trinh T. Minh-ha
  • Editing
    Trinh T. Minh-ha
  • Runtime
    108 min (91+ min.)
  • Year
    1989
  • Country
    • United States
  • Format
    • Colour
    • Black & White
  • Awards
    • First-Prize Blue Ribbon, American Film Festival
    • First-Prize Film As Art, SECA, San Francisco
    • Merit Award, Bombay Film Festival

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