Food
Of Vietnam 
FOODOFVIETNAM.COM
Read in Vietnamese - Bằng Tiếng Việt (Việt ngữ)
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Shows the lives of two children and their
families in Vietnam - way of life, family interaction, foods and celebrations.
From breakfast to bedtime - visit the city, country, community, school and homes
of two families in Vietnam.
Justine Shapiro starts her journey by
celebrating the New Year at the TET Festival in Ho Chi Minh City. From there she
ventures up the coast taking in the unspoiled beaches of Lang Co and the city of
Hué. After a bicycle tour of the capital, Hanoi, she ends her journey in the
remote highlands near the Chinese border.
"Our whole family enjoys travel
movies. Unfortunately they are hard to find for Southeast Asia. I am so pleased
that this video is now available for travelers to Vietnam. A fun way to prepare
yourself mentally for your trip." (Allison Martin)
From the publisher: Set along the southern
coast of Vietnam during the French occupation in the 1940s, water is everywhere,
giving life and bringing decay and rot. Kim is 15; his father and step-mother
have two buffalo, their lifeline as subsistence rice farmers. During the rainy
season, there's no grass and the buffalo are starving. Kim volunteers to take
the beasts inland to find food. On this coming-of-age journey, Kim sees men
mistreat women, men fight with men, and French taxes rob the poor. He works for
Lap, a buffalo herder whose past is entangled with Kim's parents, and he makes
friends who will lead him to his place in the world.
A short exploration of Vietnam starting
with Hanoi and Ha Long on the Tonkin Gulf and then travel to Danang, Hoi An, Hue
and Ho Chi Minh City, following two days in Bangkok, Thailand. Clips include
visits to markets, museums and historical sites.
"Hearts & Minds," won the 1975
Academy Award for best documentary.
"Arty, "chic" movie set in
Vietnam.
"By Vietnamese director Tran Anh
Hung (The Scent of Green Papaya), a sad and violent view of the seamy side of Ho
Chi Minh City."
"This movie has been recommended on the
APV [mailing list] before. It was a very good movie. I was a bit disappointed in
some parts of the movie that differed from the books it was based on. It is
still a very good film." (Dana Moock)
"I bought the videotape so I could
share what Vietnam is like with family, friends, and eventually my son when he
is older. It is a wonderful video of Vietnam." (Bev Roeder)
"A Triple Winner at the Sundance Flim
Festive. A must see movie. The story of a Vietnam vet who returns to Vietnam to
find his daughter. The movie depics life as it is and does not have a hollywood
flare to it. I cried and fell in love with Vietnam. This movie is intoxicating
and beautiful. This movie was not at all what I expected. (Rita Herd)
"This is a beautifully filmed
movie, I really enjoyed it. It's about the relationship between a beautiful
servant girl and the people in her life. It's definitely an "art" film
(one of those one's that is like sleep medication for my husband!). But I liked
it!" (Myla Stauber)
From the publisher: In 1975, refuge camps
were set up across the deserts of the United States to house an exodus of over
100,000 Vietnamese immigrants before and immediately after the fall of Saigon.
When Tai (Don Duong) arrives at Camp Pendleton, he is confronted by a camp
filled with despair. Jim Lance (Patrick Swayze) is the Marine in charge of
housing the refugees until sponsors can be found to help them assimilate into
American life. Lance quickly commissions Tai, who speaks English, to translate
for him. Prepare to embark on a remarkable journey as an unlikely bond of
friendship is formed.
"This compelling film is an haunting
enactment of Graham Greene novel about Thomas Fowler, a British journalist in
1950's Vietnam who has a jaded view of his life with his Vietnamese mistress and
the political maneuvering around him. A poignant foreshadowing of the
destruction of the French and American involvement in Vietnam." (Allison
Martin)