Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The documentary Inside This Peace
featuring a forgotten victim of Agent Orange living in Vietnam will be
available on Vimeo On Demand across America this Christmas.
The documentary by America-based producer and director Linh
Nga tells the story of Thoa, a forgotten victim of Agent Orange in Vietnam,
whose younger brother is also an AO victim. Thoa has “scary skin with huge
black patches, numerous lumps and hair all over her body”. The lumps are filled
with fluid and can’t be drained.
For decades, Thoa’s parents have been looking for Government
help.
“Peace is defined as ‘freedom from the cessation of war and
violence’ and peace in our documentary is just like their daily life after the
war and the legacy of war that we have to face now," Linh Nga said on a talkshow.
Linh Nga first met Thoa when she was 13 years old when they
sat next to each other on a plane on the way to a charity performance in the
central city of Da Nang.
The hairs on Thoa’s fingers were very prickly. When she
moved her arm next to Linh Nga’s, it was almost painful, but not the same pain
she felt for her.
"That’s one of the reasons I wanted to make a
documentary about her and do something for Thoa and people like her," Linh
Nga said.
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