The 430 Project

FAIN: TD-293324-23

Visual Communications Media (Los Angeles, CA 90012-3852)
Jenni Trang Le (Project Director: January 2023 to present)

Development of a six-episode film series about the culture and history of the Vietnamese diaspora since the end of the Vietnam War.

The 430 Project is a 6 episode documentary series prompted by the upcoming 50th commemoration April 30, 1975–the “end” of the so-called Viet Nam War. There have been many commemorations in various forms, but it remains crucial to build on the complex generational memory that structures the everyday lives of so many. This project is not just about recovering history, but about uncovering the processes through which history has been made, ultimately highlighting the power of our community to forge our own narratives and futures. As Vietnamese-American filmmakers, we stand on the bridge of the hyphen, with a unique vantage point to look both backwards and forward. Through this project, viewers will see our community from the bottom up and come to a new understanding about how existing historical narratives inform our collective identity. This is not a corrective vision, but rather an offering, an introspection, about who we are in a changing transnational and multicultural society.