Surname Viêt Given Name Nam (1989)
- HD 1080
- Runtime: 108m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America, Vietnam
- Director: Trịnh T. Minh-hà
- Stars: Tran Thi Hein, Ngo Kim Nhuy, Khien Lai, Tran Tai Bich Yen, Lan Trinh
- keywords: vietnam war, woman director
- Production_studio: Women Make Movies
- The Surname Viêt Given Name Nam is featured in the top rankings of 1989
- #12 in Top War Movies of 1989
- #14 in Top Documentary Movies of 1989
The film evolves around questions of identity, popular memory and culture. While focusing on aspects of Vietnamese reality as seen through the lives and history of women resistance in Vietnam and in the U.S, it raises questions on the politics of interviewing and documenting.