Unidentified Vietnam No. 18

“Unidentified Vietnam No. 18” examines the contested relationship between Vietnam and the US. Lin + Lam mine the material artifacts of the archive. Situated within the present, they study and even inhabit the past, re-enacting propagandistic gestures. Through these actions of retrieval and remembrance, the film ponders how US intervention has failed and considers the dangers of its repetition.

Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
30 mins
Status
Finished
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Type
Movie
Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
30 mins
Status
Finished
Start Date
Oct 6, 2007
Season
2007
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0
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0
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“Unidentified Vietnam No. 18” examines the contested relationship between Vietnam and the US. Lin + Lam mine the material artifacts of the archive. Situated within the present, they study and even inhabit the past, re-enacting propagandistic gestures. Through these actions of retrieval and remembrance, the film ponders how US intervention has failed and considers the dangers of its repetition.

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Japanese

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