Film & Dialogue about the Vietnamese Refugee Experience

When: Thursday, February 20, 2020 (6:30PM – 9:00PM PST)

Location: Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Please join us for a special ALF event

organized by Vietnamese American Senior Fellows

for all Senior Fellows, Family & Friends:

Film & Dialogue about the Vietnamese Refugee experience and what it means for our community & count 45 years later with

Producer Lauren Vuong and Director Barre Fong of the award-winning film “Finding the Virgo”

Brave 7-year-old Lauren Vuong escaped Vietnam with her family and 57 other refugees on a small wooden fishing boat at the end of the brutal Vietnam War. After 10 days at sea, they were lost and depleted of food, water, and fuel. Death seemed imminent. From seven miles away, a U.S. flagged cargo ship spotted them. The captain ordered their rescue and changed the course of 62 lives forever. Finding The Virgo is the story of Lauren’s decades-long search for the heroic captain and crew of the LNG Virgo who saved her life and the lives of the other refugees. This story of compassion and gratitude traces the Vuong family’s journey from the shores of Vietnam, through their perilous journey at sea and eventually to their resettlement in America.

Capturing the American Hope and the American Dream, this documentary is a timeless tale of war, desperation, survival, and the serendipitous heroes who embody the best of humanity. A story needed now more than ever before.

Filmmakers