The Military Cinema Studio produced a new documentary celebrating the nation's unification in 1975.
ColonelLe Thi directed the documentary, 30/4 – Ngay Thong Nhat (April 30 -Reunification Day). It consists of two episodes, Dan Toc Vietnam VuotQua Gian Kho (Vietnamese People Overcome Hardships) and Dat Nuoc ThongNhat (Reunified Country). Thi based the series on a screenplay byColonel Pham Minh Loi that analysed global security at the time andoffered lessons on battle strategies. Loi also brought in the opinionsof politicians, historians and overseas Vietnamese.
"Thedocumentary reflects on the country's renovation and the fates of peopleon all sides who witnessed that historic day," Thi said.
Thedocumentary offers a fresh look on the war – "a clearer vision onhistory" – said Major General Nguyen Phuong Dien of the General PoliticsDepartment.
The studio has already made three documentaries on the topic, but this one offers a fresh look at the end of the war.
"Various issues on the war were approached objectively and from various angles," he said.
Thedocumentary begins with modern-day shots of Nhieu Loc, Thi Nghe Canaland other landmarks in HCM City. Later on, former Prime Minister NguyenCao Ky admits in a present-day interview that, in fact, both sideswanted to reunify the people.
"Our people are a single body,"Vietnam Republic General Nguyen Huu Hanh, a former mayor of Sai Gon,recalled in the documentary.
Scenes on the 1963 murders of SaiGon leaders Ngo Dinh Diem and Ngo Dinh Nhu end with images of twogravestones, implying that the "republic" died when they did, Thi said.
Thedocumentary also explores issues of today, like Vietnam's mission toprotect its sovereignty, Thi said. Researcher Nguyen Dinh Dau shows inan interview that he owns 2,000 ancient maps, 200 of which say the HoangSa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes belonged to Vietnam.
Thialso made the documentaries Hanoi Ban Hung Ca (Hanoi-Heroic Song),Duong Truong Son (Truong Son Trail) and Duong Mon Tren Bien Dong (SecretRoute on the East Sea).
Hanoi Ban Hung Ca (Hanoi-Heroic Song)examines the 12-day US bomb strike in Hanoi, which won first prize at asocialist military film festival in Vetprem, Hungrary in 1975 and theGolden Lotus Prize at the Vietnam Film Festival in the same year.-VNA
ColonelLe Thi directed the documentary, 30/4 – Ngay Thong Nhat (April 30 -Reunification Day). It consists of two episodes, Dan Toc Vietnam VuotQua Gian Kho (Vietnamese People Overcome Hardships) and Dat Nuoc ThongNhat (Reunified Country). Thi based the series on a screenplay byColonel Pham Minh Loi that analysed global security at the time andoffered lessons on battle strategies. Loi also brought in the opinionsof politicians, historians and overseas Vietnamese.
"Thedocumentary reflects on the country's renovation and the fates of peopleon all sides who witnessed that historic day," Thi said.
Thedocumentary offers a fresh look on the war – "a clearer vision onhistory" – said Major General Nguyen Phuong Dien of the General PoliticsDepartment.
The studio has already made three documentaries on the topic, but this one offers a fresh look at the end of the war.
"Various issues on the war were approached objectively and from various angles," he said.
Thedocumentary begins with modern-day shots of Nhieu Loc, Thi Nghe Canaland other landmarks in HCM City. Later on, former Prime Minister NguyenCao Ky admits in a present-day interview that, in fact, both sideswanted to reunify the people.
"Our people are a single body,"Vietnam Republic General Nguyen Huu Hanh, a former mayor of Sai Gon,recalled in the documentary.
Scenes on the 1963 murders of SaiGon leaders Ngo Dinh Diem and Ngo Dinh Nhu end with images of twogravestones, implying that the "republic" died when they did, Thi said.
Thedocumentary also explores issues of today, like Vietnam's mission toprotect its sovereignty, Thi said. Researcher Nguyen Dinh Dau shows inan interview that he owns 2,000 ancient maps, 200 of which say the HoangSa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes belonged to Vietnam.
Thialso made the documentaries Hanoi Ban Hung Ca (Hanoi-Heroic Song),Duong Truong Son (Truong Son Trail) and Duong Mon Tren Bien Dong (SecretRoute on the East Sea).
Hanoi Ban Hung Ca (Hanoi-Heroic Song)examines the 12-day US bomb strike in Hanoi, which won first prize at asocialist military film festival in Vetprem, Hungrary in 1975 and theGolden Lotus Prize at the Vietnam Film Festival in the same year.-VNA
