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Vietnamese Night at the Museum: An Evening of Art, Food, and Music
October 4 @ 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Free
Spend the evening with us as part of Vietnam Week, with afterhours programs that include a screening of Three Seasons followed by a discussion with director Tony Bui.
Accessibility: The public elevator in the West Building (Freer Gallery of Art) is out of service, so your route to the event location may take a few more minutes than usual. Use the accessible entrance at the corner of Independence Avenue and 12th Street SW, and follow the directions when you arrive. Get more accessibility details.
Program Details:
Food for purchase from Nue Vietnamese and cash bar
West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Courtyard
5:30–7:15 p.m.
DJ Leon spins jazz and Vietnamese classics
West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Courtyard
5:30–7:15 p.m.
Color a Chữ Nôm calligraphy page and decorate a paper fan
West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), South Corridor
5:30–8:30 p.m.
Take pictures with models from the VietFest Royal Court
All areas
5:30–8:30 p.m.
Screening of Three Seasons followed by discussion with director Tony Bui
Meyer Auditorium
7:30 p.m.
Registering does not guarantee you a seat for the film performance. Seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis until capacity is reached.
About the film:
Presented in 4K, Tony Bui’s debut feature was the first American film made in Vietnam after the United States embargo was lifted.
The film’s characters struggle to find themselves in a rapidly changing society. A cyclo driver (Đơn Dương) forms a relationship with a sex worker (Zoe Bui) whom he ferries to her clients. An American veteran (Harvey Keitel) searches for the daughter he fathered during the Vietnam War, and a street kid (Nguyễn Hữu Được) befriends him. A flower vendor (Ngọc Hiệp) finds solace in the beauty of lotus blossoms.
Three Seasons blends the beauty of traditional Vietnamese architecture and landscape with the relentless modernization then sweeping through Saigon. Like no other, this film captures a unique, pivotal, and now long-lost moment in modern Vietnamese history.
(Dir.: Tony Bui, Vietnam/United States, 1999, 109 min., DCP, English and Vietnamese with English subtitles)
Image Credit: Courtesy of NBC Universal