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‘Ba’s Book’ director explores her father’s secrets through a hybrid film
Ashley Duong has made the hybrid film ‘Ba’s Book,’ inspired by a memoir about growing up amid the Vietnam War and revolutionary Iran. The project combines re-enactments with verite documentary filmmaking.
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Ashley Duong has created ‘Ba’s Book,’ a hybrid film inspired by a memoir about family history and growing up during the Vietnam War and revolutionary Iran.
The film combines re-enactments and verite documentary footage.
It examines the director’s father’s secrets while using the memoir as a foundation for a story about the family’s experiences across the two historical settings.
What we know
- Ashley Duong created the hybrid film ‘Ba’s Book.’
- The film is inspired by a memoir about growing up during the Vietnam War and revolutionary Iran.
- It combines re-enactments with verite documentary filmmaking.
- The story examines the director’s father’s secrets.
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- Reporting from The Hollywood Reporter Movies is being compared; a second independent confirmation is not yet available.
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