Hello my Vietnamese-Northern-California-friends-that-I-always-spam,
Some of you know that I have been involved in promoting two boat people feature film/documentaries in the past years, and it is with excitement that I share with you that both Ham Tran’s feature film “Journey from the Fall” as well as Duc Nguyen’s boat people documentary “Bolinao 52” will be finally released nationwide next month starting here in …. San Jose!!!!
Journey from the Fall
Ham Tran’s “Journey from the Fall” is an incredible movie about the Vietnamese boat people and reeducation camp experience that so many of us, our friends, and relatives had to go through. This movie has gathered numerous awards left and right at various film festivals, and continues to bring me to tears every time I watch it. I ask for your support by attending the opening weekend screening starting March 23rd at Camera 12 in San Jose. Tickets are expected to sell out long before that, so please purchase tickets now and spread the word. The limited March 23rd screening of this movie in San Jose and New York City is closely watched and our weekend success will determine the breadth of its nationwide release to American mainstream theaters on March 30th, so please come that weekend!
http://www.journeyfromthefall.com/Theaters.aspx
Bolinao 52
Duc Nguyen’s documentary “Bolinao 52” documents the tragic event of a boat people ship with more than 100 people that was refused to be rescued by a US navy ship in the Pacific Ocean, resulting to the boat people reverting to cannibalism before only 52 survivors finally made it to Philippines island of Bolinao. The documentary will premiere at the upcoming San Francisco International Asian Film Festival with the following dates:
• Monday, March 19, 6:30pm, AMC Van Ness Theatres, San Francisco
• Saturday, March 24, 2:45pm, Camera 12 Cinemas, San Jose
http://www.bolinao52.com
I assume that tickets will be available for sale very soon on http://www.asianamericanfilmfestival.org/2007/
Thanks and please forward this email to all your friends,
Minh T. Nguyen – a boat person.
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