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Season 1 Episode 3: Visas and Virtue/I Am Viet Hung

Academy Award winning short film docu-drama, Visas and Virtue (1997) and documentary, I Am Viet Hung (1999)

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Wannabe: Life and Death in a Small Town Gang

1. Wannabe: Life and Death in a Small Town Gang

Aired: Aug 9, 1999

Documentary on a gang-related murder/suicide that left four teenagers dead in...

Episode 2 Nothing But the Truth

2. Nothing But the Truth

Aired: Aug 16, 1999

A look at the media circus during the O.J. Simpson civil trial.

Episode 3 Visas and Virtue/I Am Viet Hung

3. Visas and Virtue/I Am Viet Hung

Aired: Aug 23, 1999

Academy Award winning short film docu-drama, Visas and Virtue (1997) and docu...

Episode 4 The Man Who Drove with Mandela

4. The Man Who Drove with Mandela

Aired: Aug 30, 1999

Episode 5 The Jew in the Lotus

5. The Jew in the Lotus

Aired: Sep 6, 1999

Episode 6 Holy Tortilla/Lock and Key

6. Holy Tortilla/Lock and Key

Aired: Sep 13, 1999

Episode 7 And Baby Makes Two

7. And Baby Makes Two

Aired: Oct 4, 1999

This documentary follows eight New York City women who chose the path of sing...

Episode 8 Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle

8. Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle

Aired: Oct 11, 1999

Main Cast

Chris TashimaChiune Sugihara (segment "Visas and Virtue")

Susan Fukuda

Susan FukudaYukiko Sugihara (segment "Visas and Virtue")

Diana GeorgerHelena Rosen (segment "Visas and Virtue")

Shizuko HoshiNarrator (segment "Visas and Virtue")

Creators

Chris TashimaDirector

Diep Bui

Diep BuiDirector

Info about Independent Lens

Seasons: 26

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Documentary