Vu T. Thu Ha Explained

Vu T. Thu Ha is an interdisciplinary artist who works primarily in film, photography and conceptual art.[1]

Vu's 2006 feature film Kieu, running time 74 minutes, in English, with Vietnamese dialogue,[2] was inspired by Vietnamese epic poem Truyen Kieu (The Tale of Kieu), by Nguyen Du.[3] Kieu premiered in March 2006 at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.[3]

Vu is also the director of 16mm films Each Night (2001) and Shut Up White Boy (2002).[1] Shut Up White Boy, a comedic film that screened nationally and internationally, is about a young white man with an Asian fetish who "gets his cumuppence when the diner's staff of asian dykes decide on taking creative revenge."[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ViFF Participating Filmmakers . Viet Film Fest . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402145854/http://www.vietfilmfest.com/v-filmmaker-bios.html . 2 April 2015 . 8 March 2015.
  2. Web site: Harve y. Dennis . Review: Kieu . Variety . 8 March 2015.
  3. Web site: Vu T. Thu Ha and Locus Arts . creativeworkfund.org . 8 March 2015.
  4. Web site: Shut Up White Boy (2002) . IMDB . 8 March 2015.

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