War refugee, Hung Le returns to Vietnam for the festival surrounding the 10th anniversary of his father's death.An artist lost is found
We're making a documentary on Vietnam's most famous artist and his old friends who saved his work.
We hope to pass the goal of $4000 by a long way. Please keep pledging even as we pass the goal.
We are shooting in November in Vietnam, and it goes into production in December this year. Would you please help us by contributing what you can to cover our shoestring budget?
HOW TO HELP:
- Press the Green button to the right, follow the steps
- Use the resulting Amazon account to complete your order.
- Sit back and let Hung and Pete do the film making work in Vietnam.
- In March, watch your name go by in the credits!
THE AMAZING STORY:
In April 1975, Vietnam's greatest artist, Le Thanh Nhon, gathered his family and escaped the war, on a leaky boat to Australia.
Three months before his death in 2002, he wrote to his old artist friends sharing his wish that the statues he had sculpted during his life in Vietnam be displayed for the enjoyment of all by the "Mist of the Perfume River", in the city of Hue, a place he loved, a place that loved him.
Every evening, at sunset, he and his artist friends had walked down to the Perfume River where they drank, talked about art, poetry and music and celebrated life.
Artist with work in progress:
Le Thanh Nhon's colleagues & Statue, now a source of pride for Vietnam:
Le Thanh Nhon's vision was for his legacy of art to be available to the people of his country and its visitors.
This monumental and historical task has been thirty eight years in the making.
Le Thanh Nhon's son Hung Le returns to Vietnam on the tenth anniversary of his father’s passing to view the statues and sit with his father’s old artists friends to talk, and find out how they accomplished this feat and to see the legacy his father has left behind in Vietnam and witness how his father and his art have been embraced by the ancient city of Hue, now a world heritage site.
Lifting the heavy sculptures from obscure locations required a large crane:
BLURB:
Stand-up Comedian and author Hung Le, has an amazing story to tell about his father who is the most famous artist of Vietnam.
His sculptures left behind in Vietnam have been recovered and are being displayed in public.
War refugee, Hung Le returns as prodigal son to Vietnam for the festival surrounding the 10th anniversary of his father's death to join his father's old friends to talk about the legacy of an artist lost.
This Fantastic Project needs your help:
Please give us a hand with the making of this important film. You'll be helping us cover the costs of:
- Airfare to Vietnam
- Accommodation in Vietnam
- Permit fees to film
- Post Production Costs: Editing, Sound, Music
- Film Festival Entry Fees, Distribution costs
Here are some stills from Hung's exploratory visit in April during which he met with the Ministry of Culture, his father's colleagues, and viewed some of his father's works.
Unveiling ceremony of his one of his father's works:
Stories over lunch: the old guys starting to let Hung in on their secrets
Late night with his father's colleagues, speaking old style Vietnamese: Hung says that the old men speak in poetry, hence the name of the film!
As each piece is officially unveiled, celebrations !
Hung Le will be hosting the Documentary, so it will have a Richard Prior'esque feel about it, dark but funny. Here's Hung's show reel:
(A Vietnamese Refugee making it on the comedy circuit... a miracle. )
See more photos on our Facebook page
FAQ
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After surpassing the goal, we can continue to collect and keep pledges which will be transferred on August 7th. Good news eh?
We set a modest goal of $4000 as it's our first crowd source project. Happily the goal was realistic. Some people go for over $25,000 and fail. How sad would that be? Anyway, thanks for continuing to help. We are going to need every dollar for post production expenses.
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These donations will ensure accommodation in Vietnam is arranged. We'd like to thank you by including your name in the credits at the end of the film, in small sized letters: THANKS TO: "your name" for helping make this film possible. We'll also send you a copy of the finished documentary on disc and a digital copy. (and we'll thank you on your Facebook page or by email).
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These donations will help pay shooting expenses. We'd like to thank these donors by including their names in the credits at the end of the film, in medium sized letters: THANKS TO: "your name" We'll also send you a copy of the finished documentary on disc and a digital copy. (and we'll thank you on your Facebook page or by email).
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These donations will ensure a plane ticket for our cameraman Pete Bucknell and his equipment to Saigon. Very important! We'd like to thank these donors by including their names in the credits at the end of the film, in large letters: THANKS TO: "your name" We'll also send you a copy of the finished documentary on disc and a digital copy. (and we'll thank you on your Facebook page or by email).
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