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Daughter From Danang

starring: Mai Thi Kim, Heidi Neville-Bub, Gerald Ford, Tom Miller (XIII), Tran Tuong Nhu
directed by: Vicente Franco, Gail Dolgin

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0841887000161
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Pbs (Direct)
Manufacturer: Pbs (Direct)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Pbs (Direct)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 17, 2004
Running Time: 83 minutes
Sales Rank: 41023
Studio: Pbs (Direct)
Theatrical Release Date: 2002



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Amazon.com:
A mix of epic history and intimate family portrait, Daughter from Danang follows the reunion of a Tennessee woman, Heidi, with her Vietnamese mother and siblings after 22 years. Shipped to the U.S. in the waning days of the Vietnam war, Heidi--formerly Mai Thi Hiep--was the daughter of a white American soldier and a Danang woman abandoned by her Viet Cong husband. Fearing reprisals against Amerasian children, Hiep's mother, despite unbearable pain, gave Hiep to an adoption agency. Raised by an abusive woman in Pulaski (birthplace of the KKK), Hiep/Heidi kept her full heritage secret. This episode of PBS's American Experience follows Heidi's journey home: There is sorrow, joy, and relief, of course, but also a slow-brewing uneasiness as cultures collide. As raw expectations of her impoverished, Third World family begin to grate on Heidi, the burden of carrying two national destinies becomes comically and tragically oversized in the poor woman's shoes. --Tom Keogh



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - The Filmmakers are the Villains in This Film
I've been brooding about this movie for 24 hours and I think I finally have a handle on what made ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - disappointing
Airlifted eurasian baby returns to her homeland as twenty-something, is freaked out and disgusted ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - adoption reunions don't always work out
Heidi Bub, a 29yr old wife and mother living in Tennessee, launches on an overseas journey to find ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Emotionally Riveting Documentary
Heidi Bub is a young American woman who decides to return to Vietnam to meet with her birth mother, ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - so sad.....
DAUGHTER FROM DANANG takes a very poignant look at the reunion between a mother (Mai Thi Kim) and daughter ... Read More

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