For love, not war: a co-production between two Singapore and Vietnam filmmakers is a departure from the norm of the Vietnam War story told from a Western perspective. The two have joined together to retell the story of this historical event, from a Vietnamese point of view. (Film Production & Editing).(Song of the Stork)
Asia Image, January, 2002 by Khuen, Foo Thiang
Southeast Asia remains one of the untapped treasure troves of content. For the western market especially, a popular and identifiable Southeast Asian theme for films and documentaries is the Vietnam war. But this is a subject that has, more often than not, been tackled only by western filmmakers.
A new feature film, entitled Song of the Stork, and directed by Singaporean filmmaker Jonathan Foo and his Vietnamese counterpart Ngyuen Phan Quang Binh, boasts several firsts in the motion picture production industry.
It is the first co-produced motion picture between Singapore and ...
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