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Regret to Inform

Where:

🇻🇳 Vietnam

When:

The 1960s The 1990s

In this film made over ten years, filmmaker Barbara Sonneborn goes on a pilgrimage to the Vietnamese countryside where her husband was killed. She and translator (and fellow war widow) Xuan Ngoc Nguyen explore the meaning of war and loss on a human level. The film weaves interviews with Vietnamese and American widows into a vivid testament to the legacy of war.

Released in 1999 — 72 minutes

Genre:

Documentary