[Ngo-sanrm] Fw: Reminder-VETERANS FOR PEACE's Screening on Saturday April 20th

Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Management Working Group ngo-sanrm at ngocentre.org.vn
Fri Apr 19 12:02:58 BST 2013



 
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Chuck Palazzo
Agent Orange Action Group
http://aoag.org/
Hoa Binh Chapter, Veterans For Peace
http://vfp-vn.ning.com/

chuck_pal at yahoo.com
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From: "info at hanoicinema.org" <info at hanoicinema.org>
To: chuck_pal at yahoo.com 
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 5:26 PM
Subject: Reminder-VETERANS FOR PEACE's Screening on Saturday April 20th
 

Dear Member:

We still have seats for MAKING PEACE WITH VIETNAM on Saturday 20th. 

Please come and join the Veterans For Peace (VFP) at the film screening and post-screening dialogues. Your voluntary donation is very welcome.

We hope you will enjoy the evening.
Hanoi Cinematheque. 

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VETERANS FOR PEACE 
Chapter 160 in Vietnam 

is pleased to invite Vietnamese and international friends to join 15 members of this year’s Veterans Tour of Vietnam 2013 for a special evening at the Hanoi Cinematheque to view the award-winning documentary 


MAKING PEACE WITH VIETNAM

Date:  Saturday, April 20

Time:  6:00pm   conversation at Café Ciné
       7:00pm   documentary screening
       8:30pm   open discussion

Venue: Hanoi Cinematheque
       22A Hai Ba Trung
      
Donation:

This year’s VFP delegation has pledged $14,000 to be distributed at the end of the tour for programs and projects that assist disabled and disadvantaged families suffering from the legacies of war – cluster munitions, landmines and other unexploded ordnance, and Agent Orange.  We are asking friends in Hanoi to join us with your own donations, to increase the total amount raised and enable us to help more families.  

Your voluntary donation is welcome!  

Film notes:      Prof. Steven Emmanuel and five students from Virginia Wesleyan University produced Making Peace with Viet Nam in 2008.  The film documents the lingering wounds of a war that ended nearly four decades ago. The pace of the story is deliberately slow, so viewers have time to reflect on the suffering caused by war – and perhaps to think a little more.  

Steven Emmanuel writes: “The documentary explores some of the ways that people today are actively working to make peace with that past, to make peace with Vietnam. One of the ways they do this is to engage in various forms of humanitarian work in Vietnam. This work is carried out by non-governmental agencies, public and private foundations, as well as by veterans organizations, religious groups, and by concerned individuals. All work is undertaken in partnership with some Vietnamese agency to organize and implement projects. One of the largest humanitarian programs underway in the country is directed by Dr. Nugyen Viet Nhan, Head of the Department of Medical Genetics and Director of the Office of Genetic Counseling and Disabled Children (OGCDC) at Hue Medical College. While in Vietnam this summer, we collected nearly 30 hours of footage, documenting all the different projects supported by the OGCDC, including interviews with some of its major American
 sponsors.” 


Interviewed in the film are several Vietnamese and Americans who will be familiar to local residents.  


Best Long Documentary, New Beijing International Film Festival (2009)
Audience Award, Red Rock Film Festival (2009)
Official Selection, NEWFILMMAKERS NYC (2010)

For further information contact:
Chuck Searcy, Vice President, VFP Chapter 160 

M   0903420769
E  chucksearcy at yahoo.com

Chuck Palazzo, Treasurer, VFP Chapter 160 

M   0907446410
E  chuck_pal at yahoo.com


And

Hanoi Cinematheque
Tel 3936 2648
info at hanoicinema.org
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