Join Emmy-winning director, Đức H. Nguyễn, and co-producer, Mai-Phương Nguyễn, for a Vietnamese International Film Festival (ViFF) SPOTLIGHT AWARD Reception (free and open to all) at UCI-Humanities Gateway #1030, 2pm. This event is co-sponsored by VACA (Vietnamese American Community Ambassadors), a chapter of UCI-Alumni Association, UCI-Vietnamese American Oral History Project (VAOHP) and UCI-SE Asian Archives.
Following the Spotlight Awards, STATELESS will World Premiere at 4pm in Humanities Instructional Building #100, next-door. An 8-year work-in-progress, STATELESS is fully funded by friends and supporters of the Vietnamese-American communities throughout California. A collaborative effort culminating from years of grass-roots mobilizing of former UCI-Project Ngọc members, supporters as well as long-time refugee advocates such as Hội Trịnh and his non-profit organization, VOICE (Vietnamese Overseas Initiatives for Conscience and Empowerment), STATELESS is truly a testimonial to what unwavering hope, faith, hard work and resilience can accomplish.
This unique ViFF Spotlight Award Reception and STATELESS screening promise to be a heart-warming “home” coming, on so many levels, for all those who have experienced displacement and longing for ‘home,’ as a result of war or complicated politics. On the eve of the U.S. Congress unveiling landmark Immigration Reform legislation, the premiere of STATELESS could not be any more timely.
Watch Trailer here:
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