Vietnamese Girl (2011)

During a six-month period of living and traveling throughout Vietnam, an American filmmaker meets a diverse group of Vietnamese women and documents their attempted integration into the new global culture. From a group of Hmong hill tribe girls struggling to create new identities now that tourism and global media have forever changed their lives, to a Hanoian divorcée's transformation into independent global backpacker, Vietnamese Girl documents the growing pains at the dawn of a new feminism in Asia. And on a journey spanning thousands of miles, through ancient landscapes and cities of the future, the director investigates the complex culture and history of the country, as she experiences a transformation only made possible by the women she meets in Vietnam.