Documentary Filmmaker Melanie Dang Ho talks sống ở đây

In this episode, Alyce speaks with UCSC alumna and documentary filmmaker Melanie Dang Ho about her film sống ở đây, which was recently recognized by the International Documentary Association. In this first part of the interview, Dang Ho speaks to theorizations of hidden labor and racial capitalism, as well as personal family and cultural histories wound in the film, which tells the stories of Vietnamese farmers and shrimpers residing in the New Orleans area.

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