Local dance movie to hit American screens
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Vietnamese-American director Stephane Gauger will debut his 2010 movie about local hip-hop, Saigon Electric at the San Francisco Asian-American Film Festival next week.
Gauger, whose first movie “Owl and the Sparrow” won the Jury Award of this festival in 2007, will also discuss the Vietnamese movie industry during the event.
Providing an insight into contemporary Vietnamese youth culture, Saigon Electric features a young and charismatic hip-hop crew struggling to win the national championship and to save a community center.
Other Vietnamese movies to be screened at the festival include Phan Dang Di’s “Bi, Don't Be Afraid!,” the winner of two International Critics’ Week prizes at last year’s Cannes, and “Clash,” a 2009 martial arts blockbuster.
Held every March, the San Francisco International Asian- American Film Festival is the US’ largest showcase for new Asian-American and Asian films.
This year’s festival, to be held from March 10 to 20, will screen more than 100 films and videos from 20 countries.
