A documentary about the struggles and triumphs of the
Vietnamese-American community rebuilding
in post-Katrina New Orleans.
Produced & Directed by S. LEO CHIANG
UPCOMING COMMUNITY SCREENINGS:

Buena Vista UMC
Benefit Screenings & Receptions
Saturday, May 30th @ 7pm
Buena Vista United Methodist Church
2311 Buena Vista Ave.
Alameda, CA

The 2nd fundraising event for 2009 NOLA Mission & Service Team volunteers heading down to New Orleans this summer to help with rebuilding.

$10 Advance tickets are available through Emily Lin (YInstitute@sbcglobal.net, 510.337.1537) or $15 at the door.

Q& A with Producer-Director S. Leo Chiang & Associate Producer Loan Dao after the screening. BVUMC can be accessed by AC Transit #19 & #51 • limited street parking • wheelchair accessible.


Find us on:

LINKS:
Mary Queen of Vietnam Community Development Corporation (MQVN-CDC)

Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association of New Orleans (VAYLA-NO)

New York Times: Sustained by Close Ties, Vietnamese Toil to Rebuild

New York Times: A New Landfill is New Orleans Sets Off a Battle

NPR: In New Orleans, Versailles Resurfaces

Please check out a 15-minute version of
A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES on the PBS Frontline/WORLD website.

Versailles flooded after Hurricane Katrina, Sept '05
©Mary Queen of Vietnam Church

Community members at a Katrina shelter
in Austin, TX, Sept '05
©Mary Queen of Vietnam Church

Mimi Nguyen speaking at the
Chef Menteur Landfill protest, Aug '06.
©Mimi-Cristien Nguyen

A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES is a full-length documentary about Versailles, a community in eastern New Orleans first settled by Vietnamese refugees. After Hurricane Katrina, Versailles residents impressively rise to the challenges by returning and rebuilding before most neighborhoods in New Orleans, only to have their homes threatened by a new government-imposed toxic landfill just two miles away. A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES recount the empowering story of how this group of people, who has already suffered so much in their lifetime, turns a devastating disaster into a catalyst for change and a chance for a better future.


Watch a clip from the film -- Teaser Clip


Watch a clip from the film -- "We were never invited to the table!"


Watch a clip from the film -- "That's injustice..."


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A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES is a co-production of Walking Iris Films and the Indpendent Television Service (ITVS) in association with the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), with funding provided by the Corporation for Pubic Broadcasting (CPB). Additional funding provided by Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, Pacific Pioneer Fund, the Fleishhacker Foundation, and the BAVC Mediamaker Award.