Mnemonics

  • Dates
    2016 - Ongoing
  • Author
  • Topics Documentary, Social Issues, War & Conflicts
  • Locations Vietnam, Tennessee

As a Chilean filmmaker indicated, “A country without documentary films is like a family without a photo”, (Guzmán). For that reason, my concern revolves around historical memories through postwar invisible traumas.

I am influenced by the historical volatility in the society of Vietnam and family ephemera including memory from old black and white photographs. My work examines my family history through my own lens as a Vietnamese woman as people disappeared from the photos and I did not know about them or did not have a chance to meet my relatives in real-time.

© QUYNH LAM - a brief of history: Truong Tien Bridge
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a brief of history: Truong Tien Bridge

© QUYNH LAM - a brief of history: Dai Noi Gate
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a brief of history: Dai Noi Gate

© QUYNH LAM - a brief of history: Ngo Mon Gate
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a brief of history: Ngo Mon Gate

© QUYNH LAM - a brief of history: Thien Mu Temple
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a brief of history: Thien Mu Temple

© QUYNH LAM - a brief of history: Thieu Tri Mausoleum
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a brief of history: Thieu Tri Mausoleum

© QUYNH LAM - a brief of history: Dong Khanh Mausoleum
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a brief of history: Dong Khanh Mausoleum

© QUYNH LAM - a brief of history: Khai Dinh Mausoleum
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a brief of history: Khai Dinh Mausoleum

© QUYNH LAM - a brief of history: Stanton Cemetery
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a brief of history: Stanton Cemetery

© QUYNH LAM - a brief of history: Old Grey Cemetery
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a brief of history: Old Grey Cemetery

© QUYNH LAM - a brief of history: Knoxville National Cemetery
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a brief of history: Knoxville National Cemetery

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