Saturday, 13/08/2016 07:42 (GMT+7)
A documentary report on Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange titled “Long Thanh will lichen” by German director Philipp Abresch has been nominated for an Emmy Award.
German director Philipp Abresch and the 15-year-old boy Long Thanh
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“Long Thanh will lachen”, a 28 minute report which aired on Germany's ARD channel a year ago, received the nomination just a day before Agent Orange Day (August 10th).
The report is among eight nominees for the News and Current Affairs category of this year’s Emmy Awards.
The documentary is a story about people suffering the devastating effects of Agent Orange, sprayed by the US army during the war in Vietnam. Generations of Vietnamese still suffer from Agent Orange, like 15-year-old Long Thanh in the film. The boy has energetically lived and overcome daily difficulties.
According to the documentary, about 3 million Vietnamese live with the effects of the herbicide, including 150,000 children with congenital malformations.
The Emmy nomination of “Long Thanh will lachen” is a tribute to the sufferings of generations of Vietnamese victims decades after the war.
The winners of the Emmy Awards will be announced in New York on September 21st./.
Compiled by BTA