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      A Village Called Versailles

      2009 1h 7m Documentary List
      Reviews After Hurricane Katrina strikes their neighborhood, a community of Vietnamese refugees in New Orleans experiences a variety of changes. Read More Read Less

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      Burl Burlingame Honolulu Star-Advertiser A broad, boosterish documentary that looks at the molding of this community, tempered by war and hurricane, and how it fits into the larger concept thought of as America. Rated: 2/4 Jul 5, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member The films focuses on a tight-knit group of Vietnamese Americans in a New Orleans neighborhood called Versailles, who overcame obstacles to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina, only to have their homes threatened by a new government-imposed toxic landfill. Turning a devastating disaster into a catalyst for change, the historic uprising of the invisible people became front page news as for the first time ever the energetic and social conscious Millennials in the community led the politically apathetic elders in a fight against the city of New Orleans. Similar to the Viet people in the film, the Vietnamese Americans here in Philadelphia are for the most part invisible, due to the language barrier, which social activist Minh Nguyen refers to as "one of our communities biggest problems." Nguyen calls the current conditions of the Viet people in Philadelphia a "huge civil rights violation." While massive protests were underway in the black community against the laws that many called "voter Photo Credit: Chris Norris disenfranchisement," the cries of Viet people in the city fell on deaf ears; mainly because the cries weren't in English...READ MORE http://www.tinseltine.com/2013/08/a-village-called-versailles-comes-to.html Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis After Hurricane Katrina strikes their neighborhood, a community of Vietnamese refugees in New Orleans experiences a variety of changes.
      Director
      S. Leo Chiang
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 7m