Sad Song of Yellow Skin
Filmed in Saigon in 1970, this documentary observes the effects of the Vietnam War on daily life away from the battlefield. Through the perspectives of three young American journalists, the film records encounters with street children, refugees, bar workers, and aid efforts shaped by the American presence in the city.
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color Playing time:30 min., 38 sec. --------------“Written, directed and spoken by Michael Rubbo”Produced by Tom Daly--------------technical credits at end-----------For more information on this film, see Wikipedia viewed Aug. 30, 2018:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sad_Song_of_Yellow_SkinExcerpt from page:Sad Song of Yellow Skin is a 1970 direct cinema-style documentary film on the effects of the Vietnam War on street children in Saigon. The 58-minute documentary was written, directed and narrated by Michael Rubbo and produced by Tom Daly for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).-----------------Don Luce and Kevin Byrne [?] talk about reactions of Vietnamese to Americans; Vietnamese people in bar with American television news in the background with Richard Nixon and “comedy”: weather girl making fun of “weather” in Vietnam; Michael Rubbo talks in English with scenes of Vietnamese daily life and musical interludes; Byrne [?] talks in Vietnamese to “bar girls“ (prostitutes); Tran [---] talks in English about death of bar girl, funeral follows; Rubbo talks in English about Vietnamese Buddhist religious rituals and practices topics mentioned:Vietnam War; American GI’s; prostitution; opium; NLF (National Liberation Front); Catholicism; Buddhism; Taoism
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- Director
- Michael Rubbo
- Starring
- Michael Rubbo, Richard Hughes
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