As a child my mother would tell me stories of her first days in America. Of how she feared the moonlight cause it only brought her sorrow. I wanted to understand that sorrow. Thus is the genesis of GREEN DRAGON. After THREE SEASONS, a film to share a humanity of Vietnam few knew about, Tony and I decided we wanted to tell a story from a chapter of the Vietnam war that had been forgotten – a chapter that begins with the end. After all the destruction and lives lost, emerging from the smoke were a people left without a country and a new country unsure how to embrace them.
In 1975, four refugee camps were set up across the United States to assist in relocating Vietnamese refugees to their new homes. Though this film is set at Camp Pendleton Marine Base, Ca, the movie represents the compilations of all such camps and how they were our purgatory to a newfound freedom. We both felt we were making an important film, but didn’t know it’s true impact until we started casting. It was at the open calls where we began to hear other comments from hopeful thespians of how touched they were for us to tell “their” story. Their stories carried the same loss that our mother felt, and their stories were identical to the ones in the script. Such stories were truly universal.
As Americans we have all taken this journey, not necessarily through a refugee camp, but on the journey of fear, hope and searching for the light that will give us courage in this new country. It is our inspiration with GREEN DRAGON, to bring us all back, just for a moment, to the beginning. It is a privilege for us to have the opportunity to make this film. By Tony Bui.
The Essay on Refuge Camps Refugees Countries World
"Refuge Camps" There is a foreboding and ongoing crisis facing several third world countries today. This crisis is the rising amount of famine and health ailments that affect hundreds of thousands of individuals that face malnutrition, poverty, and several other serious problems that you will find in developing countries. Countless diseases plague today's world and the people who are most ...
