email usHere is Mimi Nguyen, who was the first Vietnamese American to work for New Orleans City Council, talking about the long term development plan for Versailles at the Austin Asian American Film Festival this past weekend.
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Archive for the ‘News’ CategoryMimi Nguyen at Austin Asian Am Film FestTuesday, November 17th, 2009November UpdateThursday, November 12th, 2009A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES caps off a great October by winning our second award–an AUDIENCE AWARD at the New Orleans Film Festival! Thanks to all of you who came out and supported us at all of our various festivals stops. November kicks off with Versailles’ most famous resident making big news. Rep. Joseph Cao (R-New Orleans), the first ever Vietnamese American elected to the US Congress who happens to come from Versailles, stirred up quite the controversy by being the only Republican in the House to vote for the Health Care Reform bill. You can find more news items about Rep. Cao by visiting our Facebook page. We screen next in Austin, Boston (2 screenings), and Philly again: AUSTIN, TX:
BOSTON, MA (Screening #1):
BOSTON, MA (Screening #2):
The holiday season is right around the corner, and the A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES DVD makes a great gift!! Visit our website and purchase a copy today. The proceeds from the sales of DVDs go towards our community engagement campaign and enable us to continue showing the film around the country. I want to end this update by sharing another great story of Vietnamese Americans making a difference in their community. Siblings Viet & Tram Nguyen, both principals of public elementary schools in Oakland, CA, have worked tirelessly to turn their schools around. Here is the feature story about them on the local ABC affiliate. Check it out. Versailles youth launches oral history project – VAYLA StoriesTuesday, October 27th, 2009 Travis Tran The Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association of New Orleans (VAYLA-NO) launches the VAYLA Stories website, which is “a youth-led oral history and documentary project to celebrate the lives of New Orleans’s Vietnamese and neighboring communities.” There are currently 11 stories posted. Check out what the young people in Versailles have to say about topics from Vietnam War to growing up in Versai and surviving Katrina. If you want to find out more about the weekly goings-on in Village de l’Est, don’t forget to check out Tony and Huong’s fun weekly vlogs on the VAYLA home page! VERSAILLES wins Audience Award at New Orleans Film Fest!Friday, October 16th, 2009 Versailles resident Margret Nguyen answers a question at our New Orleans Film Fest screening A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES has just been awarded the Audience Award for Documentary Feature at the New Orleans Film Festival. Needless to say, we are totally beside ourselves to snag our second award in a week. A big THANK YOU to all the folks who came out to see the film in New Orleans. Our next stops are the Hawaii International Film Festival in Honolulu (screening tomorrow–Sat 10/17 @ 8:15 pm & Tue 10/20 @ noon) as well as the San Diego Asian Film Fest (Sun 10/18 @ 12:10pm & Wed 10/28 @ 3 pm). Please tell your friends and family to come out and check out our film. Don’t forget to come up and say hi afterward. VERSAILLES named “Best Documentary” at Philly AAFFMonday, October 5th, 2009We are thrilled to announce that A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES is named BEST DOCUMENTARY at the Philadelphia Asian Am Film Fest, which is coming up this weekend! Our director, Leo Chiang, will attend the screening this Saturday 10/10 @ 7 pm at the Asian Arts Initiative. Hope to see you there. A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES @ Philadelphia Asian Am Film Fest Upcoming ScreeningsTuesday, September 15th, 2009We are taking the film on the road in October. Hope to see you at one of these stops! For more details, check out the Upcoming Screenings page. 10/4 @ 4p: DC Asian Pacific American Film Fest
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