Review of Journey From the Fall (2007) by Jennifer S — 13 Jun 2018

This movie was extremely emotional. But it informed me about the Vietnamese Diaspora thoroughly by following these families and how they had to deal with the Communist occupation. What really stuck out to me was how Mai and her son had to flee Vietnam and leave her husband behind, who was sent to a re-education camp.

These camps and how these men were treated is so hard to watch, but so important. It is important to know what happened, and not to forget about the past. The fact that they had to go through all of this, and the insane number of deaths due to the Communist regime is crazy.

Families were torn apart, the men of the families had to face such harsh and cruel conditions in the camps, they lost everything even their shoes, they had to basically restart their lives with nothing, and the emotional impact on these individuals will last their whole lives.

I definitely recommend this movie for everyone, because I often meet Vietnamese people, but to see what their parents and grandparents had to go through so recently is very important.