Thi Hien Mai’s parents came to Munich in 1989, but the former “boat people” from Vietnam cannot forget their homeland. Now her daughter has been invited to the renowned Max Ophüls Festival – with her debut film, a documentary about the two of them.
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Of Josef Grübl
These days we’re all sitting in front of screens for far too long, here a video call with colleagues or friends, there a chat, some even sing songs. It’s the same with Bay and Tam, they too stay in their apartment in Munich-Aubing, they too stare too long at their computer. Sometimes they even start singing. Except that the two have not only been doing this since the beginning of the pandemic, but for half their lives. They used to send VHS tapes with family recordings to their homeland, Vietnam, now they see their relatives online.
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