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Author Le Ly Hayslip and ‘Oppenheimer’ Producer Thomas Hayslip Explore Vietnam Women in Documentary ‘Woman I Phu Nu’
Film producers Le Ly Hayslip (“Heaven & Earth”) and son Thomas Hayslip (“Oppenheimer,” “Ferrari”) are behind the documentary “Woman I Phu Nu."
Film producers Le Ly Hayslip(“Heaven & Earth”) and son Thomas Hayslip(“Oppenheimer,” “Ferrari”) are behind “ Woman I Phu Nu,” a documentary described as “untold stories of the women who fought and endured the Vietnam war and the next generation of women who are empowered to unpack their intergenerational reality to find strength in understanding.” Besides Le Ly Hayslip, women featured in the doc include journalist and author Phan Thanh Hao; Nam Lan, a youth volunteer who recounts her story as a POW (captured on film and then tortured for ten years); Tam Thoa, a spy who uncovered secrets that helped end the war; and A group of Ho Chi Minh Trail Volunteers. Added Thomas Hayslip: “I am extremely proud of my Vietnamese heritage and have always felt fortunate to hear first-hand from my mother and people of her generation.
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