Lighter than Orange – The Legacy of Dioxin in Vietnam

[1] The film was shot in Vietnam in 2012 and has been subtitled in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Vietnamese and Russian.

The film documents stories of Vietnamese veterans and their families who are affected by the gene damage caused by the defoliant Agent Orange.

Ms. Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Hạnh (volunteer in the Vietnamese Association of Agent Orange Victims in the province of Nng Nai) reports in this documentary about current new illnesses near Ho Chi Minh City / Saigon in Biên Hòa, a hot spot A place where the concentration of dioxin in the soil and waters is still particularly high today.

[2][3] Aesthetically, the film corresponds to its content orientation: it lives from the reserved images of humble Vietnamese veterans and popular songs sung.

[2] A large part of the film was shot in March 2012 in the Vietnam Friendship Village, on the western outskirts of Hanoi in the formerly rural Hoài Đức district.