{"id":6721,"date":"2018-02-28T13:02:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T20:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centrea.org\/?p=6721"},"modified":"2024-03-08T13:48:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T20:48:03","slug":"two-films-and-a-talk-with-trinh-t-minh-ha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centrea.org\/2018\/02\/two-films-and-a-talk-with-trinh-t-minh-ha\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Films and a Talk with Trinh T. Minh-ha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 15 and 16\u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0 \u00a0The Cinematheque (1131 Howe St. #200, Vancouver)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Forgetting VietNam Trailer | SGIFF 2016\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/54r7Q9rTPes?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"m_-9139901935132411378null\">Join us for a very special program with Trinh T. Minh-ha:<\/h2>\n<p>Centre A and The Cinematheque, with support from SFU David Lam Centre and SFU Institute for the Humanities, welcome renowned Vietnamese-born artist, writer, and scholar Trinh T. Minh-ha for a special two-night program of her acclaimed film work. Subjective, self-reflexive, and intellectual; infused with feminism and anti-colonialism; and offering a dizzying array of sights and sounds, her award-winning \u201canti-anthropological\u201d films represent a startling reinvention of the documentary form. Two of these nonfiction works \u2013\u00a0<em>Surname Viet Given Name Nam<\/em>\u00a0(1989) and\u00a0<em>Forgetting Vietnam<\/em>\u00a0(2015) \u2013 will screen at The Cinematheque on\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_625139728\"><span class=\"aQJ\">March 15 and 16<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Trinh will be with us on Friday the 16th to discuss\u00a0<em>Forgetting Vietnam\u00a0<\/em>in celebration of its Vancouver premiere. A Q&amp;A session and reception will follow.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThe films of Trinh T. Minh-ha present an incisive critique of the structures of traditional Western documentaries, which so often depict \u2018other\u2019 cultures in a condescending way. \u00a0Rich, lyrical, fluid, her finely crafted cinematic style is distinctive. \u00a0It incorporates complex musical structure, performances, text, jump cuts, long poised silences, and other techniques of avant-garde cinema to create a new language for film.\u201d \u00a0\u2013 National Gallery of Canada<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Surname Viet Given Name Nam<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">USA 1989. Dir: Trinh T. Minh-ha. 108 min. 16mm<br \/>\n<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_625139729\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Thursday, March 15<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_625139730\"><span class=\"aQJ\">7:00 pm<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">One of the best known works by celebrated film artist and theorist Trinh T. Minh-ha,\u00a0<em>Surname Viet Given Name Nam\u00a0<\/em>explores questions of identity, popular memory, and culture through Vietnamese women\u2019s resistance in Vietnam and the United States. The film combines dance, text, folk poetry, and women\u2019s testimony to call into question official histories and the politics of documentary and interview. \u201cA challenging and rewarding work that places Trinh T. Minh-ha as one of the leading American independent filmmakers of the \u201980s\u201d (New Directors\/New Films, New York).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecinematheque.ca\/nightly\/2018\/3\/15\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Buy tickets for\u00a0<em>Surname Viet Given Name Nam\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Vancouver Premiere of\u00a0Forgetting Vietnam<br \/>\nTalk and Q&amp;A with Trinh T. Minh-ha<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">USA 2015. Dir: Trinh T. Minh-ha. 90 min. DCP<br \/>\n<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_625139731\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Friday, March 16<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_625139732\"><span class=\"aQJ\">7:00 pm<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Drawing on ancient stories of Vietnam\u2019s creation, this lyrical film essay from Trinh T. Minh-ha\u00a0moves between Hi-8 footage shot in 1995 and digital footage filmed in 2012. Images of contemporary life in Vietnam unfold in a dialogue between land and water. Through the experiences of local inhabitants, immigrants, and veterans,\u00a0<em>Forgetting Vietnam<\/em>\u00a0honours the survivors of the Vietnam War and commemorates the 40th anniversary of the war\u2019s end.<\/p>\n<p>Trinh T. Minh-ha will be in attendance to introduce and discuss\u00a0<em>Forgetting Vietnam, <\/em>followed by a Q&amp;A led by Professor Helen Leung (SFU).\u00a0A reception will be held afterwards in The Cinematheque lobby.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecinematheque.ca\/nightly\/2018\/3\/16\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Buy tickets for\u00a0<em>Forgetting Vietnam<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Regular ticket prices will be in effect. Centre A membership cards will be accepted in lieu of Cinematheque membership at the door.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6771\" style=\"width: 759px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6771\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6771\" src=\"http:\/\/centrea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Forgetting-Vietnam-8-749x421.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"749\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centrea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Forgetting-Vietnam-8-749x421.jpg 749w, https:\/\/centrea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Forgetting-Vietnam-8-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/centrea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Forgetting-Vietnam-8-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/centrea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Forgetting-Vietnam-8-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/centrea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Forgetting-Vietnam-8.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from <em>Forgetting Vietnam<\/em> courtesy of Women Make Movies, http:\/\/www.wmm.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Trinh T. Minh-ha<\/strong>\u00a0is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, composer, and scholar whose films have been given over fifty retrospectives internationally. She has lectured worldwide on film, art, feminism, and cultural politics. She is Professor of Gender and Women\u2019s Studies and of Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trinhminh-ha.com\/films\/\">Visit her website<\/a><\/span> to learn more about\u00a0<em>Forgetting Vietnam<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Surname Viet Given Name Nam<\/em>, and her other works.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Special thanks to Y Vy Truong, Paul Crowe, Women Make Movies, and the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences Film Archive.<\/p>\n<p>This event is possible with the support of the SFU David Lam Centre and the SFU Department of Humanities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 15 and 16\u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0 \u00a0The Cinematheque (1131 Howe St. #200, Vancouver) Join us for a very special program with Trinh T. 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