daughter from danang transcript

That I was no longer hopeless and disappointed, and that I would never lose her again. Dan Olmsted I never had a problem out of 'em. ", The parting was devastating to both mother and child. For me, it's just a parade. And miss Hiep. We've got lots of time. The few contacts I've had with them -- every letter they wrote was a plea for money. It was amazing that I could remember all that stuff. Daughter from Danang Social & Historical Contest: Vietnam War 1954 – 1974 Also known as the American War and the Second Indochinese War North Vietnam and Viet Cong vs. South Vietnam and US and allies Results: There were about 3 million casualties. I was like, there's no way this lady could be my mom. I hear those planes and so many memories... so many memories. SISTER, NIECE AND NEPHEW, SINGING: Dad loves me cause I look like mom. TRAN TUONG NHU: I don't know if you're going to remember this, because you want to say I love you, right? I'm just... this flight is just going a bit too fast for me. And I would cry and cry and cry. When I bathe my daughter I think of little Hiep. It was amazing that I could remember all that stuff. This is the dramatic story of one of those children and her Vietnamese mother reunited 22 years later. You know, I was going to be all of hers or none at all. I put that cat in the washing machine, and all of a sudden you here this "meooww" and this thing thumping against the machine like that. I still had memories, but as the years went, the picture of her face in my mind was fading. HEIDI HAS A LAYOVER BEFORE FLYING TO DANANG. And then finding out my father was in the military was like, wow, so ironic. I'll give him a good home. We don't want to force her. HEIDI: I remember hearing the gunfire and every once in a while, y'know, we'd be playing outside and somebody would rush us inside real quick, and we knew, you know. Dinh Dung KIM: There were so many rumors. A person with a very deep southern accent calling me up. TINH: What's wrong? MABEL NEVILLE, HEIDI'S GRANDMOTHER: This is Anne and Heidi. I was rather insulted by that. Everything through the years. Since you've lived abroad for so long, your reaction is different. It's matching, you both have the same watch. I'm in so much pain. In 1975, with the end of the war in Vietnam imminent, Mai Thi Kim, a poor, young Vietnamese woman, sent her seven-year-old daughter to America as part of a controversial evacuation program known as Operation Babylift. VINH: When I came back, my wife had already sent Hiep away. The Vietnamese nation won independence and freedom. The documentary entitled, Daughter From Danang, is centered around Heidi, a Vietnamese/American mixed person, who was one of the many mixed children who were made from a result of American soldiers intermingling with Vietnamese prostitutes during the Vietnam war. I remember going into a room and there were some kids who were about 7 and 10 years old. I can only remember one time....Never hugged or anything, she was just not that type of person. I was so frightened. I'll never forget this -- I mean it was like y'know one of those traumatic moments that you -- that's just etched in your mind. HIEN (WITH HEIDI REPEATING IN VIETNAMESE): I... love... you sister... Hien. Ana Petty I mean, how? Daughter from Danang. Not for the past. She did everything. He was able to send the letter to me. It's like I still have to pinch myself. In 1975 as the Vietnam War was ending, Mai Thi Kim sent her seven- year-old daughter Mai Thi Hiep from that war-torn country to the United States in "Operation Babylift," a program that gave Amerasian children, who faced death at the hands of the Viet Cong, a new lease on life. Perhaps you could bring her to live near you to renew the love between mother and child. I look at this woman, and it's like, look at all that she has done for me. I've been looking for you all these years. This is how things are done in Vietnam. HEIDI: That's still to me a fuzzy dream that happened. If I didn't send my child away both she and I would die. But there were also people we knew that were part of the group. This is what I know, and this is what I grew up with. If you can take care of me, go ahead. HEIDI: You're my girl....no cries, no cries. Do I want to open anymore cans of worms, y'know? It's closed, but it's not locked. Please come back inside and join the family. MABEL NEVILLE: I'm glad you went over there, and I'm glad you made a lot of pictures too. End of story. He brought food for her brothers and sisters. It makes it even worse that we're all hot and sticky -- uh. Everybody say me stupid, crazy. For 22 years, we've had no news of you, so we, your siblings, have taken care of our mother. Or insult them. And I just stared and stared at his picture, and remembering how he used to hold me and play with me all the time. KIM: I kiss you to keep your essence with me. HEIDI: It's still hard for me to fathom how close they are. WOMAN SPEAKING AT AIRPORT (ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE): I saw her, she's gorgeous, she's coming down, come on... HEIDI: From the time I left Vietnam and I came over here, it all runs together to me. TRAN TUONG NHU: The eve of our departure to Vietnam, Heidi gave me a little soaring star and it was engraved "Thank you for making my dreams come true." I have been frank with you, and so I would like you to be frank with me. What this whole business was doing was creating a situation where families were being induced to give up their children. And so that's basically how I grew up. If you had worked for Americans and had racially mixed children, they said those kids would be gathered up -- they would be soaked in gasoline and burnt. (SCENE CHANGE: HEIDI CONTINUES): This is my first big Vietnamese meal. And I'm, y'know, I'm kind of jealous of that. Rent. He called the interpreter over to tell me that if I loved him, he would take care of me and all my children. KIM: As your brother just said, don't give too much weight to what just happened. At its core, filmmakers Gail Dolgin and Vicente Franco have created a thought-provoking film about identity, family and culture: What shapes our sense of self? She was adopted by an American family in Tennessee and became 101% Americanized, and given the name Heidi Bub. I held her picture up to the mirror so I could see if there was a resemblance. Up until then, I'd never seen Americans. Daughter from Đà Nẵng is a 2002 documentary film about an Amerasian, Heidi Bub (a.k.a. Well, I'm going to the airport, kay? I mean, I don't want to y'know portray her as a child batterer or anything, y'know I just...I don't think of it that way, y'know. It's the common knowledge in Vietnam. I held her picture up to the mirror so I could see if there was a resemblance. David Spiegel You know, I was going to be all of hers or none at all. Daughter from Danang summary First of all, gut-wrenching may not be the best word to describe this film. VOLUNTEER SOCIAL WORKER, US ADOPTION AGENCY: If you can help me, if you know people who are poor, who cannot take care of their children, if they are mixed children, I would like to help them. Molly McDonald And then send her back? HIEN (WITH HEIDI REPEATING IN VIETNAMESE): I... love... you sister... Hien. If my mother hadn't been with an American, she'd have had to be with someone else. I told her my dream had come true. It's like you know you find out your teacher is, or your... HEIDI: The sheriff, yeah. And I'm like: "Heidi, it was a week ago that we just stopped talking about it because we weren't getting anywhere because we weren't getting anywhere 'cause you weren't telling me anything about it -- and I asked you plenty of questions... 'oh! Documentary Film Analysis: Daughter from Danang 1. I don't know now if I could survive here, after having the luxuries that I do. More about the film Daughter from Danang. Grandma -- how long've you had this corn in here? I says: "Y'know, with all of the kids in this country that need homes -- why?" SCENE CHANGE: VINH CONTINUES: Today is the 22nd anniversary of the day the war ended. We don't want to force her. And she was a hitter. Connie Field BRENDA LEWIS / FAMILY FRIEND: She was strictly all-American. There was an adoption industry in Vietnam where people would be able to adopt cute Vietnamese children of course there were true orphans -- there was no question about that. Timothy Appel to study Mark 5:21-43.Jesus crosses back to… She tells people you know as far as she's concerned, she doesn't have a daughter anymore. He was one of the American soldiers there. "If you had worked for Americans and had racially mixed children, they said those kids would be gathered up, they would be soaked in gasoline and burnt. I wasn't angry at my mother, but I was sad about the way things had to be. KIM: So much pain. Da Nang (/(ˌ) d ɑː, d ə ˈ n æ ŋ, ˈ n ɑː ŋ / dah, də NANG, NAHNG; Vietnamese: Đà Nẵng, [ɗâː nǎˀŋ] ()) is a class-1 municipality and the fifth-largest city in Vietnam by population. Daughter from Danang has been carefully tidied up by editor Kim Roberts to maintain a seamless transition from one narrative point to another. I remember saying to them: "You don't understand what's going on now, but this is very important. SOCIAL WORKER: Aww... you think. (Lower Third ID) DO HUU VINH, FATHER OF HEIDI'S SIBLINGS. TINH: I tried to talk to her but she didn't listen. Please protect Hiep and her children, so they will come back and help build your tomb.

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