Saigon Story: Two Shootings in the Forest Kingdom

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Which is more final, the gun or the camera? Armed with a powerful visual style, Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Kim Nguyen reveals the elusive connection between two families and one iconic photo: Saigon Execution. Part history, part mystery, Saigon Story confronts the family secrets left in the wake of the Vietnam War, exposing the resilience of survivors and the blurred legacy of wartime memory.

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It’s the meaningful connections storytellers like Nguyen find that enrich our conversation with history so that we, and our ancestors, may find some sense of peace with the past.

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Kim Nguyen

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Geoffrey Mitchell

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Kim Nguyen

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Nabil Mehchi

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Robert Vroom

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Ariel Nasr

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Director: Kim Nguyen
Producer: Nabil Mehchi, Robert Vroom, Ariel Nasr
Screenwriter: Kim Nguyen
Production Co: Noble Films, National Film Board of Canada
Genre: Documentary, History
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 30m

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