Vietnam: 50 years forgetting Documentary

50-minute documentary 50 years of forgetting explores the permanent impact of the War in Vietnam on the life of modern Vietnamese. You have been prompted by the letter of American veteran, Mai Huyen Chi filmmaker employs himself on a personal and national investigation.

The Chi search starts by discovering the story about his war hero-grandfather who fought to win north, the personality wiped his family silence. As soon as he meets his unsatisfactory end, she moves through Vietnam and meets people whose lives were Christmas bombing in 1972. year, filled and resistance and loss to face buried truths. He reveals the story of his aunt married pilot at the loss of the south side that escaped, emphasizing the war for a reason for Vietnamese families across generation.

Research becomes deeply personal. Chi faces sharp reality: his own cousin suffers from the weakness effects of the Orange Agent, the cruel consequence of the war that still inflicts pain in countless Vietnamese. By weaving these diverse narratives, 50 years of forgetting beyond the Vietnamese war for the research of universal themes of conflict and its permanent legacy. Will the past class forget? Can Vietnam build a collective memory that respects the victims of millions of people when those who have endured the years of brutality during the Vietnam War II difficult forget?