We Were The Scenery

The story of Hoa Thi Le and Hue Nguyen Che, who, in 1975, after fleeing the Vietnam War by boat and docking in the Philippines, were utilized as background extras in the filming of APOCALYPSE NOW.

Credits
Writer: Cathy Linh Che
Producer: Cathy Linh Che, Jess X. Snow
Director of Photography: Jess X. Snow
Editor: Christopher Radcliff
Composer: Eliot Leigh
Sound Designer: Haina Zhou, Mackie Mallison
Music: Eliot Leigh

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We Are More! Revisited

A journey of loss, self-expression, hope, displacement, and the reclaiming of experiences in a complicated, interconnected world. WE ARE MORE! is a series of short docs that takes all of your assumptions about life and throws them out the window.