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2015 SDAFF Spring Showcase

Cinema Little Saigon

Pac-Arts marks the 40th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon by focusing on Vietnamese Americans and their stories. This retrospective of films by Vietnamese American directors highlights the community’s incredible cinematic output from the late 1990s to today, with an emphasis on stories that disrupt the usual American narrative of refugee rescue and model minority success. These are films that depict ongoing conflicts within families, across borders, and with the American myth itself. For more information on the series, see Cinema Little Saigon.

  1. ALL THAT GLITTERS: 2 SHORT DOCUMENTARIES

    Cinema Little Saigon / 47 mins
    Two short documentaries about Vietnamese seeing themselves in America and vice versa.

    In This Program: COVER GIRL: A GIFT FROM GOD, #NAILEDIT: VIETNAMESE & THE NAIL INDUSTRY

    ALL THAT GLITTERS: 2 SHORT DOCS

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    April 19, 2015 3:25 pm

  2. CATFISH IN BLACK BEAN SAUCE

    Chi Muoi Lo / Cinema Little Saigon / USA / 1999 / Comedy, Family / 119 mins
    Cross-racial comedy about Vietnamese siblings who find their birth mother decades after being raised by a black couple.
    CATFISH IN BLACK BEAN SAUCE

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    April 19, 2015 1:00 pm

    CATFISH IN BLACK BEAN SAUCE

    Hoover High School
    April 25, 2015 4:00 pm Buy Tickets

  3. COVER GIRL: A GIFT FROM GOD

    Nguyen Tan Hoang / Cinema Little Saigon / USA / 2000 / Documentary, Experimental / 17 mins
    Meet Dalena, the blonde-haired, blue-eyed American who flawlessly sings Vietnamese standards and becomes an international sensation.
    Plays In:
    ALL THAT GLITTERS: 2 SHORT DOCS

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    April 19, 2015 3:25 pm

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    GENTLE

    Le-Van Kiet / Cinema Little Saigon / USA, Vietnam / 2014 / Drama / 101 mins
    A pawnbroker gets more than he bargained for when he strikes up a relationship with a beautiful customer.
    GENTLE

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    April 20, 2015 6:30 pm

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    JOURNEY FROM THE FALL

    Ham Tran / Cinema Little Saigon / USA / 2006 / Drama, Family, Historical / 135 mins
    The riveting, award-winning epic covering 20 years of a family separated by war and its aftermath.
    JOURNEY FROM THE FALL

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    April 19, 2015 6:55 pm

    JOURNEY FROM THE FALL

    Hoover High School
    April 25, 2015 6:30 pm Buy Tickets

  6. #NAILEDIT: VIETNAMESE & THE NAIL INDUSTRY

    Adele Pham / Cinema Little Saigon / USA / 2015 / Documentary / 30 mins
    With Hollywood on one side and the African American community on the other, Vietnamese women corner the market on nail art.
    Plays In:
    ALL THAT GLITTERS: 2 SHORT DOCS

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    April 19, 2015 3:25 pm

  7. OH, SAIGON

    Doan Hoang / Cinema Little Saigon / USA, Vietnam / 2007 / Documentary, Family / 57 mins
    Tensions mount when a documentarian turns the camera on her family during its voyage back to Vietnam.

    Preceded by: POMEGRANATE

    OH, SAIGON

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    April 19, 2015 4:55 pm

    OH, SAIGON

    Hoover High School
    April 24, 2015 6:30 pm Buy Tickets

  8. POMEGRANATE

    Ham Tran / Cinema Little Saigon / USA / 2001 / Experimental, Family / 14 mins
    Fading memories of a grandfather and a childhood on the other side of the ocean.

    Precedes: OH, SAIGON

    Precedes:
    OH, SAIGON

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    April 19, 2015 4:55 pm

    Precedes:
    OH, SAIGON

    Hoover High School
    April 24, 2015 6:30 pm Buy Tickets