![]() As the film progressed, we find that these women were non-professional actresses dramatizing the roles of the women interviewed. Trinh Minh-Ha also made us think it was filmed in Vietnam but we also later learned it was set in a room in the states and she expertly used lighting to fool us. ![]() Dressed in traditional Vietnamese clothes, it’s hard not to assume it is their original role. What does this mean?Īs the viewers proceed with the film, one may think the women interviewed were playing their true selves. Once again, we struggle to read and listen at the same time. Yet while the interviewee was talking, the song cuts her off and the English translation takes over, making the viewer focus on reading rather than listening. Trinh also included beautiful background music into the film. ![]() Their facial reactions were different from the words they spoke and they seemed to not understand what they were saying. At times, the words that do appear may not be the words they spoke. Why does Trinh do this? Why does she choose to have them speak English and not Vietnamese? We struggle to listen to both voices as one takes over the other voice and the other fights to gain the attention back. We also find that while the women are speaking, there is a translator voicing over the interview. Was she trying to make us the foreigner by having all the interviewees with heavy accents? Sometimes the heavy accents were aided by the words of the women on the screen, and yet, we still struggle to listen and read. The accent made it unclear and hard to understand. This film is a non-traditional documentary, with Trinh developing her own genre in this film.ĭuring the beginning of the film, these interviews were conducted in English and the interviewees spoke in their heavily-accented English. ![]() The film focused on the interviews of these women and the oppression they experienced which put them into silence. Minh-na explores the issues Vietnamese women experienced during the political era in Vietnam, which corrupted the country. In the film Surname Viet, Given Name Nam, Trinh T. This post presents several viewpoints and responses to Surname Viet, Given Name Nam which screened on Saturday, November 12th. As a part of the collaboration, we will be using this blog as a venue for students to respond to and discuss the films. And Yet She Moves: Reviewing Feminist Cinema is a series co-organized by the Walker Art Center and the University of Minnesota. ![]()
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