A VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE DOCUMENTARY (A Visual Communications Fiscal Sponsored Project) WED. APRIL 30, 2008- 9PM KTEH San Jose Public Television Channel 54, Comcast 10 Repeated MAY 4, 2008- 2PM KQED San Francisco Public Television Channel 9 Following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, millions refugees took the perilous escape across South China Sea to find freedom. Many died of drowning or starvation and thirst. Other lost at sea for days while some were pillaged, robbed and raped by pirates. However, more than 30 years after, no major film or television program tells their stories. Bolinao 52 is a long-silenced voice, an unspoken legacy of the Vietnam War - the story of the Vietnamese Boat People. When Tung Trinh, a survivor of the Bolinao 52, stepped foot onto a crowded boat one night in May 1988, she did not know it was a trip that forever changed her life. After leaving Vietnam the Bolinao 52 engine died. They were ignored by passing ships. 19 days later, a US Navy ship stopped. But the captain refused to pick up the dying refugees. Facing death, they resorted to cannibalism. After 37 days at sea, 52 of 110 survived. Two decades later, this Bolinao 52 survivor returned to her past to close off the unresolved chapters. BOLINAO 52 is a co-production of Duc Nguyen and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), produced in association with the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) and KTEH Public Television with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Additioning funding was provided by All Roads Film Project and Pacific Pioneer Fund. In the coming months, we are launching a community outreach campaign with screenings of the film and discussion with the filmmaker at various locations in California. Following is a current list of upcoming screenings. Log in bolinao52.com for up-to-date information. Thursday Mar. 20, 2008 OAKLAND HIGH Discussion with Director and World Culture students This is not a public event Friday April 4, at 5:30 p.m. The event, free and open to the public, will feature the movie screening, director's discussion and a speaker panel of distinguished Chapman University professors on issues of refugees, ethics and criminal law. The Folino Theater is located in the Chapman University Film School at: 283 N. Cypress St., Orange. For more information, please contact Hien Q. Vu, VALSA president (949) 389-9813, or e-mail: vu105@chapman.edu. Saturday April 26 at 2 p.m. San Jose City College Free and open to the public. San Jose City Collegeis located at: 2100 Moorpark Ave., San Jose, CA 95128. Contact: Trang Nguyen, Project Consultant San Jose/Evergreen Community College District San Jose City College trang.nguyen@sjcc.edu (408) 298-2181 Ext. 3185 Duc Nguyen Director/Producer BOLINAO 52: A Vietnamese Boat People Documentary www.bolinao52.com duc@rhimp.com __________________________________ Check back for late-breaking events, or send an e-mail to subscribe to the mailing list by writing to: info@vconline.org