…economy with no means to defend ourselves in a turbulent Southeast Asia,” Lee said, but was able to prosper with the help of America’s presence in the Vietnam War, which…
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Chantal Thuy Smolders As The First Asian American LGBTQ Superhero On TV
…youngest. In Montreal, where Thuy grew up, she was often the only Vietnamese person around. Her parents settled there after fleeing from the Vietnam War. Montreal “is not a melting…
APAHM 2018: Mia Yamamoto On Her Unending Fight for the Poor and Marginalized
…contributed as opposed to detracted.” In the ’60s, serving in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, she applied to law school at the University of California, Los Angeles. Determined…
Q&A: Filmmaker Justin Chon Talks Storytelling In the Indie Darling ‘Blue Bayou’
…it’s basically underwater half of the time. A lot of Vietnamese refugees were relocated there after the Vietnam War—to Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi—was something else I wanted to showcase. So,…