About this Event
Join us for an evening of film and discussion for the closing of LATERAL ENTRANT, the exhibition by Maya Nguyen currently on view at the Goethe-Institut Chicago that connects Germany, Vietnam, and the United States. Documentary film HAO ARE YOU will be introduced by Zach Ramon Fitzpatrick (University of Wisconsin Madison), who will also discuss the histories of Vietnamese-German communities in West Germany and the GDR. The exhibition will be fully on view directly before and after the film.
Dir. Dieu Hao Do
Germany, 2023, 93 min.
German, Cantonese, and Vietnamese with English subtitles
After the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975 to North Vietnamese troops, more than 1.5 million people fled the communist regime. Many of them, including director Dieu Hao Do’s family, belonged to the Chinese minority there. In HAO ARE YOU, Dieu Hao Do explores the fragmentation of his family after the US-led war in Vietnam scattered them across three continents. Nearly fifty years after their escape, contact between the seven family members has all but broken down. How have traumas from persecution and violence inscribed themselves on the bodies and souls of the survivors and their children?
SCHEDULE
5:15pm: Doors Open + Exhibition Viewing
6:00pm: HAO ARE YOU Introduction + Screening
7:30pm: Moderated Discussion
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Zach Ramon Fitzpatrick is Assistant Professor of German and affiliate of the Asian American Studies program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research and teaching interests encompass Asian German studies, as well as film and media. In 2025, he released the co-edited volume Charting Asian German Film History. Zach also runs the Instagram account @AsianGermanUpdates, where he posts about media, history, people, and community events, with the goal of empowering and lending visibility to the Asian German diaspora.
Light refreshments will be served. Please register in advance and bring a state- or federally-issued photo ID for check-in in the 150 N. Michigan building lobby.
Event venue & nearby stays
Goethe-Institut Chicago, 150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, United States
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