NEW DIRECTORS/NEW FILMS 2022 (April 20-May 1, 2022)

[Chris Knipp]

CHILDREN OF THE MIST (Diễm Hà Lệ 2021)

A detailed, intimate work of documentary ethnography in which the filmmaker bonds with a young Hmong girl in North Vietnam and follows her people's life and customs, particularly the unfortunate, lingering habit of "kidnapping" child brides, which isn't good for anybody yet still goes on, even though there are schools now and girls have a chance at education and a better life - and with smart phones, they know something of the world outside.. This is a remarkable film and wholly admirable. The customs aren't at all, but that's ethnography for you: it does not constitute an endorsement.

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Saturday, April 30
3:15pm, FLC Walter Reade Theater (Q&A with Diễm Hà Lệ)
Sunday, May 1
12:00pm, MoMA T2 (Q&A with Diễm Hà Lệ)