BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Lewis & Clark Events BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 RDATE:20240310T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 RDATE:20241103T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240404T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240404T190000 LOCATION:Miller 102 GEO:45.450858;-122.668265 SUMMARY:Join Vietnamese Portland for a rough cut work-in-progress screeni ng of 'Mai American' by Kevin Truong DESCRIPTION:A 70-year-old Vietnamese American refugee living in Oregon wr ites down her life story\, indelibly shaped by the War in Vietnam. As she shares what she has written with her filmmaker son\, they begin separate but parallel journeys confronting the traumas of their past and the emot ional divide in their present. RSVP for the event here (https://docs.goo gle.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4Gz7AW1FSioA0t7fmhMZTKRhAiVN5Vc-o2suhV3hRt3b9Z g/viewform?usp=sf_link). RSVPs are not required but are encouraged due to limited space. Light refreshments will be provided. Please email vietnam eseportland@lclark.edu (mailto:vietnameseportland@lclark.edu) with questi ons or accommodations. \; Kevin Truong is the director\, producer\ , director of photography and editor for Mai American. Kevin is a Sundanc e-supported artist whose work spans photography\, journalism and filmmaki ng. As a filmmaker\, he has received fellowships from both the Center for Asian American Media and BAVC Media\, and his work has received support and funding from the Sundance Institute\, MacArthur Foundation\, A-Doc\, California Film Institute\, SFFilm\, Regional Arts and Culture Council\, Haverford College\, Catapult Film Fund\, True/False Film Fest\, and the P ortland Events and Film Office. He is the winner of 2022 Ready\, Set\, Pi tch! and the winner of the Audience Choice Award at 2023 DocPitch. As a j ournalist\, Kevin has written stories for NBC News and Motherboard Tech b y Vice and has worked as a producer with Student Reporting Labs at the PB S NewsHour\, where he helped produce and film a series of short documenta ries on misinformation. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
A 70-year-old Vietnamese American refug ee living in Oregon writes down her life story\, indelibly shaped by the War in Vietnam. As she shares what she has written with her filmmaker son \, they begin separate but parallel journeys confronting the traumas of t heir past and the emotional divide in their present.
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namese Portland: Memory\, History\, Community invites you to a rough
cut work-in-progress screening of Mai American\, a documentary b
y Kevin Truong. Join us on Thursday\, April 4 at 5 PM in Miller 102 for a
screening of the 90-minute cut and a Q&\;A with Kevin.\n