ON HEALING LAND, BIRDS PERCH

ON HEALING LAND, BIRDS PERCH is a short documentary that tells the remarkable stories behind one of the most iconic photos in history, while acting as a portal into the “varied carols,” to borrow from Walt Whitman, of trauma and the American journey. This is the first documentary, from a Vietnamese born filmmaker that explores the continuing aftershocks of the Vietnam War from the perspectives of both sides of the war: North Vietnamese and South Vietnamese including Vietnamese Americans alive today. The story is told through the iconic Pulitzer winning photo of General Loan shooting a Vietcong, Captain Nguyen Van Lem in the head, two days after the 1968 Tet Offensive.

Film Content Advisory: Violent Images, Depiction of War

Credits
Producer: Julian Cautherley, Naja Phạm Lockwood
Executive Producer: Geralyn Dreyfous, Judy Korin, Scott Anderson, Donald Young, Lan Cao, Jim and Susan Swartz, Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation
Director of Photography: Carmen Delaney
Editor: Wesley Lipman
Composer: Dylan Trần

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Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A.