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Before the 1970s, when the Communist Party took over in Vietnam, people were allowed to make films depicting rural poverty, Thuy says. After Party control, however, such images were censored as negative testimony...
Thuy says he experiences government censorship regularly as a result of his critique of the Communist Party. His first film was banned in Vietnam from 1982-87. His second film “The Story of Kindness,” which was shown Saturday, was also banned upon release...
...camera moves from scenes of destitute farmers in rural Vietnam to a scene of a Catholic nun caring for a man afflicted with leprosy. Against soothing music and the serene voice of a male narrator commenting on themes of death, kindness and happiness, stand searing images of rural poverty and illness a decade after...
...Vietnam, the term “people” has had many connotations, encompassing the masses and the peasantry that the Communist Party claims to represent...
...Kindness” is, of course, a highly complex issue. Vietnamese members of the audience expressed skepticism of Thuy’s work, saying that he is too forgiving of the Communist regime, especially in his depictions of the Vietnam...