Vu T. Thu Ha is an interdisciplinary artist who works primarily in film, photography and conceptual art. [1]
Vu's 2006 feature film Kieu, running time 74 minutes, in English, with Vietnamese dialogue, [2] was inspired by Vietnamese epic poem Truyen Kieu (The Tale of Kieu), by Nguyen Du. [3] Kieu premiered in March 2006 at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. [3]
Vu is also the director of 16mm films Each Night (2001) and Shut Up White Boy (2002). [1] Shut Up White Boy, a comedic film that screened nationally and internationally, is about a young white man with an Asian fetish who "gets his cumuppence when the diner's staff of asian dykes decide on taking creative revenge." [4]
Vu T. Thu Ha is an interdisciplinary artist who works primarily in film, photography and conceptual art. [1]
Vu's 2006 feature film Kieu, running time 74 minutes, in English, with Vietnamese dialogue, [2] was inspired by Vietnamese epic poem Truyen Kieu (The Tale of Kieu), by Nguyen Du. [3] Kieu premiered in March 2006 at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. [3]
Vu is also the director of 16mm films Each Night (2001) and Shut Up White Boy (2002). [1] Shut Up White Boy, a comedic film that screened nationally and internationally, is about a young white man with an Asian fetish who "gets his cumuppence when the diner's staff of asian dykes decide on taking creative revenge." [4]