(Enter your ZIP code for information on American Experience events and screening in your area.). The person who's overseas is the person who's going to save the family. It was through the internet that I found the Holt Agency, and they said "Yes, we have a file on you. There's been no time for intimate talks. And couldn't speak any English, and of course you know how much Vietnamese I could speak. The extended family, the aunts, the uncles, the nephews and nieces. And I just stared and stared at his picture, and remembering how he used to hold me and play with me all the time. SOCIAL WORKER: Let him go with me, aww, can I take him? With Mai Thi Kim, Heidi Neville-Bub, Gerald Ford, Tom Miller. I longed for that. HEIDI: I don't know what to do! Tancy Hughes I did it for my children, for food and clothes. I know this may sound so selfish of me, but I just cannot wait to get out of here. I'm very happy. She asked me for more. This is Heidi with the baby doll. Tran Tuong Nhu Judith Montell They literally had to pry us apart to get me on that plane. HEIDI: I remember hearing the gunfire and every once in a while, y'know, we'd be playing outside and somebody would rush us inside real quick, and we knew, you know. KIM: I'm their grandmother. Elayne Bernstein Sam T. Collins I'll just be going "maaaahh.". This theme is explored in depth in Daughter From Danang, a documentary directed by Gail Dolgin and Vicente Franco. It's setting in really hard. And in a way her dream came true, and it was much much more than she had bargained for. MAN HOLDING CHILD (ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE): I think so...well, first of all, he doesn't speak the language so he's not quite sure what everybody is doing here. Documentary Film Analysis: Daughter from Danang 1. He called the interpreter over to tell me that if I loved him, he would take care of me and all my children. MABEL: It sure is. This is her first visit to Vietnam. Sometimes I wish I could turn back the clock and not know any of this. Their happiness at seeing their lost relative again is real, as is their financial need and their belief in the tradition of generation-to-generation assistance. You have to remember who you are. I mean, the ties that everybody has. Jackie Hettlinger KIM: It was like losing a piece of myself. He left four months after I got pregnant. And now it's -- I hardly hear from them, and of course they don't hear from me at all. And you will not believe what I did. Because my husband Vinh left without saying a word. I never had a problem out of 'em. We were standing there holding hands. TRAN TUONG NHU: Mah. David Spiegel HEIDI: I gave my sister Hien who is having a rough time right now some money to help her out, and she didn't even blink twice. TRAN TUONG NHU: This for me was also the fulfillment of some dream that I had had. I'm broke. ROYCE HUGHES: When I heard that Heidi was going to Vietnam, like I said, I was just really, really surprised. She wants to be with me 24 hours a day, and I'm feeling a little smothered. I don't give you away. Transcript. Please just keep walking and get what you need and get out of here.". KIM: My daughter's still young and na•ve. John Knoop MAN HOLDING CHILD (ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE): I think so...well, first of all, he doesn't speak the language so he's not quite sure what everybody is doing here. HEIDI: Okay. HEIDI, SPEAKING TO KIM): I searched for a present to give to you from my heart. I slept until she woke me up this morning, you know, she said: "You awake?" DO HUU VINH, FATHER OF HEIDI'S SIBLINGS. GIRL SCOUTS (ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE): On my honor, I will try to serve God and my country. James LeBrecht, Assistant Editors Some poetic ending. DON NEVILLE/HEIDI'S UNCLE: The way I found out about Anne was adopting Heidi, I think, was talking to my mom. We'll see each other again one day. Just for the sake of some sort of justice. ROYCE HUGHES HUGHES/GIRL SCOUT LEADER: Heidi was very shy at first, and I remember that she spent an extra year in kindergarten because she "no speaka' da' English good." Having been through all this war and desperation, the Vietnamese are very up-front -- especially about money. SOCIAL WORKER: Aww... you think. Feel free to say yes or no. I tried to comfort her, and I said to her: "listen, if you stay, after a few days things will become much less pressurized for you.". I mean, how? But Hiep couldn't understand that. Daughter from Danang tells the dramatic story of one of these children, Heidi Bub (a.k.a. You eat rice? Daughter from Danang | Article Living in Two Cultures Andrew Lam, a California-based journalist, short story writer, and National Public Radio commentator shares … I worry that I'm going to hurt somebody's feelings.

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