Her father, a former South Vietnamese major, confronts his political differences with his brothers, whom he never mentioned to his children.
Meanwhile, Hoang tries to reconcile her own survivor guilt with her half-sister, who was mistakenly separated from the family during the escape.
[3] She also received funding from the Independent Television Service (ITVS),[4] the Center for Asian American Media,[5] and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
According to the official website: "The subjects are shot on location in the expanse of America and its suburbs, as well as Saigon’s vibrant, noisy streets, and the rarely-seen breathtaking backwaters of Vietnam – emphasizing the physical differences between two countries that shared a war.
Archival footage, moody Super8mm landscapes, and motion-graphics-animated family photographs juxtaposed to clear, colorful DV, shot in a fluid cinema verité–style highlight changes and similarities between past and present.