Vietnamese Student Association: Screening of "Oh Saigon"

January 28, 2013
All Day
021 Lazenby Hall, OSU

This documentary follows a family dealing with the aftermath of the Vietnam War. "In seeking to resolve the obvious schism in her family, Doan Hoàng has compiled a documentary account that reveals the humanity of those who were soldiers, wives, children, prisoners, revolutionaries, and refugees. The war's deep and lasting ramifications divided this family and many others between two worlds: the cold, "free," and affluent United States, and the colorful, Communist, and poverty-stricken Vietnam. Their lives demonstrate the consequences of split-second choices, and how a war lives on inside people long after the fighting stops. Yet, we also see indomitable will and spirit of humans and their ability to face adversity, recover and change."