THỜI THƠ ẤU (CHILDHOOD)

Thời Thơ Ấu (Childhood) explores my understanding of my bố mẹ (parents) as people outside of their roles as my parents through looking at how they dream for their late parents and homeland as former refugees of the American War in Vietnam / Vietnam War.

I collected their dreams, stories, and memories using 16mm and Vietnamese and in my childhood home in Annandale, Virginia and Queens, New York. Vietnamese is the mother tongue of my parents, but English is the language I know myself by. We spoke in Vietnamese for the making of this film, and I slowly translated their words to English.

Credits
Producer: Vi Tuong Bui
Director of Photography: Vi Tuong Bui
Editor: Vi Tuong Bui
Sound Designers: Reb Ngu, Sunyoung Kim
Additional Cinematography: Khaile Forbes, Sunyoung Kim

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FROM VISIONS TO REEL: GROWING PAINS

Witness the journey of identity and self-discovery unfold in these stories of growing up, where the path is anything but easy.