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Madame Nguyen Thi Binh on the atrocities of war Vietnam [1966]

Nguyen Thi Bình, head of the Delegation of the Provisional Revolutionary Government at the Paris Conference on Vietnam. This January 27, 1973 photo depicts the signing of documents at the agreement table during the Paris Peace Accords that turned the page on war in Vietnam, to began the process of peace.

In Vienna in 1966, Madeline Duckles, interviews 38 years old Nguyen Thi Bình, member of the Central Committee of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam. Speaking with quiet courage, Madame Thi Bình shares a woman’s perspective on the atrocities of war, the need for peace through the enactment of an electoral democratic process in the region, the desire for peace negotiations with President Johnson’s White House and the critical needs of the South Vietnamese people, especially its children, to live and survive in spite of ongoing military conflict and violence.

 

“How does war affect the lives of your children, and what is your attitudes toward us, the American people?” asks Madeline Duckles in her interview.

“To answer you on this question means great pain to us…” answered Madame Thi Bình as she describes the actions of American soldiers and military operations during the war.

Pacifica Radio Preservation Access Project

Producer: Madeline Duckles
from the Pacifica Radio Archives

Translation: Madame Le Thi Cao

Date: 1968, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Length: 44:34 min

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Background:

Madame Nguyen Thi Bình, (born Nguyen Châu Sa on 26 May 1927), was a leading delegate to the Paris Peace Conference, working on behalf of the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam.

Born in 1927 in Sa Ðéc province, Madame Thi Bình, was the granddaughter of Phan Chu Trinh, a social leader staunchly opposed to the use of violent means to bring democracy to Vietnam. He was also dedicated and worked to bring modern education to the region.

His daughter, who later became known as Madame Nguyen Thi Bình, studied French at Lycée Sisowath in Cambodia. Initially she worked as a teacher, later joining Vietnam’s Communist Party in 1948.

From 1945 to 1951, Thi Bình took part in various intellectual movements against the French authorities which subsequently lead to her arrest between 1951 and 1953 in Chi Hoa prison (Saigon). After serving her jail term, Madame Nguyen Thi Bình participated in the peace movement for the implementation of the Geneva Agreement.

During the Vietnam War, Thi Bình became a member of the Vietcong’s Central Committee and a vice-chairperson of the South Vietnamese Women’s Liberation Association. In 1969, she was appointed foreign minister of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam and played a major role in the signing of Paris Peace Accords on Vietnam, an agreement that provided the diplomatic means for America troops to pull out of the region, helping to engage and start the process to restore peace in Vietnam.

The Paris Peace Accords on Vietnam were entered into force, January 17, 1973. The war in Vietnam was finally declared over April 30, 1975.

Madame Nguyen Thi Bình is regarded today as a symbol of women’ s role in the “Resistance War”. After April 1975, she was appointed Minister of Education in a united Vietnam. She was elected Vice-President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1992 and then re-elected in 1997 and has served as Vietnamese Vice-President.

On September 4, 1995, at the United Nations 4th World Conference in Beijing, China, Madame Nguyen Thi Bình spoke to Dr. Gertrude Mongella, the Secretary General of the conference saying,

“Like many other countries, my country, Vietnam has lived through long years of wars which have ravaged this already-poor land and left behind millions of orphans, widows, disabled and missing-in-action. Vietnamese women. as part of their nation have been tested by harsh trials and countless hardships. They have derived therefrom their exceptional endurance and tenacity, their ability to survive and to persist in their full identity through the storms of life, just like the Vietnamese bamboo tree, which is supple but unbreakable, which bends under the wind but does not break, and which afterwards, stand again as straight and proud as before.”
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NXP /CPR 1612671 – 11/05/1968 -Paris : Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh, head of the National Liberation Front’s delegation at the enlarged Paris peace talks, speaks during a press conference here 11/05. Mrs Binh flatly ruled out any ceasefire in South Vietnam before the withdrawal of American troops. UPI Cablephoto (PR 222). © 1968 UPI

Loo Hui Phang, auteure de “Cent mille journées de prières” – Roman graphique

[ndlr] Présentation du roman graphique de Loo Hui Phang (scénariste) et Michaël Sterckeman (illustrateur) publié chez Futuropolis au mois d’avril 2012. Loo Huy Phang est interviewée sur TV5 Monde le 9 juin 2012.

L’oiseau de Louis est mort. Mais il vit dans les rêves éveillés, les cauchemars ou les fantasmes de l’enfant. À la fois protecteur et guide, l’oiseau, devenu énorme et décharné, conduit Louis sur une terre de cendres, désolée et morbide. Il faut y voir, bien sûr, le lieu métaphorique du génocide cambodgien, cette terre ravagée par les Khmers rouges, qui déportèrent et assassinèrent 1,7 millions de personnes entre 1975 et 1979. L’oiseau apprendra à Louis que son père n’était pas un tueur, comme il le craignait, mais bien une victime de la folie meurtrière des Khmers rouges. Louis, peu à peu, avec l’aide de l’oiseau, esquisse le portrait jusqu’alors vide de son père, l’homme que sa mère aima, jusqu’à la douleur. (présentation Futuropolis)

The Face of the Enemy, a documentary project

Over five million Vietnamese and 58 000 Americans died in what one side calls the American War and the other side calls the Vietnam War. Whilst countless stories have been told from the American point of view, very little has been heard from the Vietnamese side.

The Face of the Enemy is a documentary project that tells the story of the Vietnamese who fought in the American war, in their own words. In the film and installation veterans and their families have the chance, often for the first time, to recall the experiences that transformed and changed their lives. The project is built from over 150 hours of filmed interviews. The addition of rare archive footage and personal photos of the veterans themselves aids the attempt to chart a new perspective on one of the most decisive conflicts in modern history.

The project focuses more on personal stories than on the chronological events of the war. What did the Vietnamese feel when they joined the army? When they first arrived at the front? How did they see their comrades? The enemy? Their families back at home? How did the families at home think of the men and the woman at the front?

Trailer

The Film

Directed photographed and produced by Erik Pauser / Producer Dylan Williams / Editor Clas Lindberg / Music JeanLouis Huhta  / Sound Ania Pauser, Nguyen Dinh Thien Y, Alan Hayslip / Additional photography Lars Siltberg / Location manager Nguyen Dinh Thien Y / Sound design Ove Valeskog Studio Snickeboa / Colorgrading and online Lars Siltberg, Henrik Lago / Postproduction facilities/ Presentationsdesign Cinepost studios / Translation Tue Nguyen Dinh, Thien Y, Thao Jörgenssen, Tran Thi Ha, Vu Tuan Anh, Nguyen Than Huong, Huonh Thi Than Nguyen, Pham Cong Phoung.

Produced by Brandklipparen Amp film  / A coproduction with SVT – Axel Arnö / With support from The Swedish Film Institute – Hjalmar Palmgren / The Swedish Arts Grants Committee / YLE – Iikka Vekhalati / DR – Mette Hoffman / Längmanska Kulturfonden / Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse

Archive: SVT / Doan Thi Cong / The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) / Vietnam Film institute / Larry Nibble Archives / Caprice record.

Web Project

Producer Erik Pauser / Design Mats Renvall / Programming Nils Ola Nilsson / Site curators Erik Pauser, Sophie Holgersson, Ana Valdés / The webproject is supported by Framtidens kultur / Production company Brandklipparen.

Source : The Face of the Enemy, a Documentary Project

See also Story tellers gallery with:

Christian Langworthy
Cu Chi commander – Tran Van Thuan
Doctor Pham Duong and his wife Truong Thi Ngoc Lan and their son Lam
Female Guerilla Fighters – Mrs. Tran Thi Nho, Mrs. Dang Thi Huong, Mrs. Le Thi Suong
Mrs Vo Thi Tram
Le Ly Hayslip
Mr. Do Duc Diu. Former soldier in the regular North Vietnamese army
Mr Diu: Hang – The daughter of Mr. Diu
Mr Diu: Mrs. Pham Niec
Mr. Nguyen van Ma and his wife Do Thi Bich Canh
Doan Thi Cong
Bao Ninh
To Tien Hoa
Hoang Van Tinh
Nguyen Than
Mr. Tran Thi Vong and his wife
Hoang Dinh Phuong

Heaven and Earth – Film d’Oliver Stone [1993]

Entre ciel et terre. Drame de Oliver Stone avec Debbie Reynolds, Haing S. Ngor, Joan Chen, Le Hiep Thi, Tommy Lee Jones.

Ly est une jeune vietnamienne. Nous suivons son épopée avant, pendant et après la guerre du Vietnam : entre le départ de son village investi par les troupes américaines pour se rendre à Saigon, sa rencontre avec un soldat américain, son envol vers les Etats-Unis et son retour au pays avec ses deux enfants…
Récompenses : Golden Globes 1994 : Golden Globe de la meilleure musique de film. Le scénario du film s’est basé sur les deux ouvrages autobiographiques de Le Ly Hayslip.

 

Heaven and Earth Trailer (1993)

 

Heaven & Earth 1993 / Trời và Trái Đất / Full movie by Oliver Stone

 

Heaven and Earth – Land Theme – Kitaro

 

Đất Khổ – Land of Sorrows – Terre de douleurs [1971-1974]

[ndlr] Film vietnamien dont le tournage débute en 1971 et se termine en 1974. Le scénario du film s’appuie sur deux romans de Nha Ca. Il relate le vie d’une famille confrontée à la guerre et aux grandes offensives militaires de 1965, 1968 et 1972. Le célèbre compositeur et poète Trinh Cong Son y joue le premier rôle. Sans doute une des raisons pour lequelles le film fut interdit de projection au Sud Viêt-Nam pendant la guerre. Jugé à l’époque “anti-guerre et gauchisant”.

ĐẤT KHỔ: Kịch bản dựa trên tác phẩm Đêm Nghe Tiếng Đại Bác và Giải Khăn Sô Cho Huế của nhà văn Nhã Ca. Khởi sự quay đầu thập niên 1970 và hoàn tất năm 1973 lấy bối cảnh từ 3 biến cố chính trong lịch sử chiến tranh Việt Nam: vụ Tranh Đấu Phật Giáo năm 1965 ở Huế, Việt Cộng tấn công vào Tết Mậu Thân (1968), và mùa hè Đỏ Lửa (1972), cũng gây nhiều sôi nổi và bị cấm chiếu trước 1975 ở miền Nam VN vì nội dung “phản chiến và khuynh tả.”

 

Version sous-titrée en anglais

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Filmed in 1971, the movie is set in Hue in the days before and during the Tet Offensive 1968 by VC. Its the harrowing and poignant story of the love of family, homeland, and culture during the Vietnam War. This Vietnamese, English-subtitled film dramatizes the effect of the Vietnam War on a single South Vietnamese family, the inner conflict of decisions, ideology by each member of the family.

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Cuốn phim như là bi kịch cho mỗi gia đình Việt Nam, trong cuộc chiến Quốc Gia-Cộng Sản, soi rọi những khía cạnh của cuộc chiến qua tâm cảnh của những nhân vật sống trong thời cuộc: người lính Biệt Động Quân bị lạc ra khỏi binh chủng; một người anh đi lính quân lực Việt Nam Cộng Hòa; người em trai nghệ sĩ đào ngũ với cái nhìn “hiện sinh ngây thơ” về cuộc chiến (nhạc sĩ Trịnh Công Sơn ở lứa tuổi 30); bà mẹ góa chịu đựng (Bích Hợp, nghệ sĩ số 1 của sân khấu cải lương Bắc Hà di cư); cô chị gái, như Hòn Vọng Phu, mòn mỏi đợi ý trung nhân chưa về (Xuân Hà), và cô em út, một teenage sâu sắc với nhiều chất vấn và bất mãn về thời thế (Vân Quỳnh). Phim Đất Khổ cũng có sự xuất hiện của diễn viên Hoa Kỳ Jerry Liles, trong vai một người Mỹ dân sự cao lồng ngồng, bị “mồ côi” và bất lực trong bối cảnh Việt Nam, rất khác với vai trò chủ động của những nhân vật người Mỹ trong những phim ảnh Hollywood về chiến tranh Việt Nam. Đạo diễn: Hà Thúc Cần.

 

 A propos de ce film voir aussi :

Norodom Sihanouk, la clef politique de l’émergence des Khmers rouges

[ndlr] Le documentaire de Gilles Cayatte réalisé en 2008 intitulé “Les 9 vies de Norodom Sihanouk” retrace le parcours politique du roi du Cambodge à travers un portrait sans concession. Ce documentaire permet de mieux comprendre les causes politiques qui ont permis l’émergence des Khmers rouges. A voir sur la chaîne You Tube de Gabriel Valmont.

Avec les commentaires de :
Jacques Bekaert, David Chandler, Alain Daniel, Princesse Buppha Devi (fille de Sihanouk), Kek Galabru, John Gunther Dean, Julio Jeldres, Suon Kaset, Jean Lacouture, François Ponchaud, Sam Rainsy, Chak Sarik, Norodom Sihanouk, Son Soubert, Saumura Tioulong…

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Documentaire
Durée : 52′
Auteur-réalisateur : Gilles Cayatte
Production : France 5 / Alegria / INA
Année : 2008

Lundi 23 février 2009 à 20.35 (première diffusion sur France 5)

Alors que le 17 février s’ouvre au Cambodge le procès tant attendu de Douch, ex-responsable du centre de torture S-21 poursuivi pour crimes de guerre et crimes contre l’humanité, ce documentaire retrace la vie de Norodom Sihanouk, qui a épousé la destinée du Cambodge.

Roi, demi-dieu, père de l’indépendance, simple citoyen devenu prince, chef d’Etat, Premier ministre, exilé, prisonnier… au cours de sa très longue vie politique, Norodom Sihanouk a endossé tous ces costumes. Au total, neuf vies que Gilles Cayatte a choisi de raconter, qui correspondent à autant d’époques, de ruptures, de choix, de stratégies, subis ou adoptés par Sihanouk et qui ont écrit l’histoire de son pays. Cet homme est aujourd’hui le dernier survivant d’une époque, celle de la fin du colonialisme. Il a traversé toutes les épreuves, tous les courants.

Un parcours fait d’ombre et de lumière

Pour raconter ce parcours hors du commun, fait d’ombre et de lumière, le réalisateur a recueilli de nombreux témoignages de proches, de conseillers, de journalistes. Il donne à nouveau la parole à Norodom Sihanouk à travers de multiples extraits d’interviews. Parmi les archives utilisées apparaissent pour la première fois des archives cambodgiennes longtemps conservées à Phnom Penh. Le film montre comment il n’a jamais abandonné et combien il a toujours été adoré par le peuple cambodgien. En pleine guerre d’Indochine, ce « roi d’opérette », sous la tutelle des Français, négocie l’indépendance du Cambodge sans qu’une goutte de sang ne soit versée.

Pour préserver et construire son pays, il joue sur les tensions et les luttes de pouvoir. Selon les époques, les circonstances, il s’appuie sur la Chine, l’Amérique, la France, la Russie. Mais, renversé en mars 1970 par le général pro-américain Lon Nol, il n’est plus maître du jeu. Il s’allie alors aux ennemis communistes d’hier. De 1975 à 1979, l’horreur khmère rouge planifiée par Pol Pot fait environ 1 million et demi de victimes et ne l’épargne pas. Prisonnier puis exilé, il doit attendre la libération du Cambodge par le Vietnam, puis la fin de l’occupation vietnamienne, douze ans plus tard, pour rentrer dans un pays enfin en paix.

Valentine Ponsy (France 5).