Vietnam Film Week Draw Large Vietnamese and American Audience in Washington D.C.
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View of Vietnam" Film Week came to conclusion Sunday night with screening of the Pham Nhue Giang's Deserted Valley (Thung Lung Hoang Vang) and a director-audience Q&A session.
The event, kicking off Dec. 2, features Vietnamese most renowned films: Viet Linh's Me Thao Thoi Vang Bong (The Glorious Time of Me Thao Hamlet) , Nguyen Thanh Van's Doi Cat (Sand Life), Do Minh Tuan's Vua Bai Rac (King of the Dump), Vuong Duc's Cua Roi (Lost and Found) and Thung Lung Hoang Vang (Deserted Valley) at Smithsonian Institute's Freer Gallery of Arts. In addition, the documentary shorts Nhung Nguoi Ban Do Gom (Ceramics Sellers) and Quoc Xe Dem (Cyclo Trip at Night) were shown before each feature.
A large audiance of Vietnamese and American in and around the Capital area have been drawned to every film show and were eager to learn more about Vietnamese life and culture.
The series, part of the cooperation between Vietnamese Cinema Department, Vietnamese Embassy in the US and the Smithsonian Institutes to mark the 10th Anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam - US diplomatic relations, will continue in New York and Chicago.
Embassy of Vietnam
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