After a divorce Nga decides to start life again and migrate to Australia. She reflects on how difficult it is to raise her children alone and how sad she was that she could not afford to give them much and had to work long hours. Nga has come to terms with her guilt and grief when she shares in the successes of her children.
Made at ACMI as part of the ‘Recovering Hope’ Digital Storytelling project, in partnership with VicHealth and Belgium Street Neighbourhood House.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B1006969
Language
English
Audience classification
Exempt
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Vietnamese - Australia
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Refugees
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Vietnamese - Australia
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Family
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Memory
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White and Colour
Holdings
DVCAM; Master
MPEG-2 Digital File; Memory Grid Pod Full Encode
VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded
MOV file H264; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI External Digital Access Copy