Tuesday | June 20, 2006 8:30 pm

Surname Viet Given Name Nam

Screening on Film

Directed by Trinh T. Minh-ha.
US, 1989, 16mm, color, 108 min.

Born in Hanoi and raised in South Vietnam, Trinh T. Minh-ha’s intensely personal Surname Viet Given Name Nam weaves dance, poetry, and politics with interviews with Vietnamese women from North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and the United States. By giving voice to their experiences as well as her own, Trinh highlights the struggles of women in both traditional and contemporary societies and raises questions about identity and culture.

June 2 – 25, 2006

At Home and Abroad: The Vietnam War on Film

August 21–October 19

The Cold Heart is More Precious than Diamonds. The Cinema of Graham Greene

September 11–October 30

João César Monteiro, Poet-Provocateur

September 12

Marathon '77 All-Night Movie Marathon

September 18–November 15

Marie Antoinette and Friends, Three Films by Sofia Coppola

September 19–December 12

Nostalgia, A Harvard Undergraduate Cinematheque Program

September 27–28

The Adventures of Lotte Reiniger

October 2–18

The Human Condition

October 23–November 20

Great Expectations: British Postwar Cinema, 1945 – 1960

November 6–9

Visions of a City, Or A Weekend in San Francisco