Ashley Duong's 'Ba's Book' Blends Documentary and Narrative at Vancouver Festival
The hybrid film recreates Duong's father's life in Vietnam using sets, actors and re-enactments; it screens Sunday night.
Ashley Duong's documentary Ba's Book screens Sunday night at the Vancouver Film Festival, according to hollywoodreporter.com. The film is a hybrid documentary-narrative work that recreates the life of Duong's father in Vietnam using sets, actors and re-enactments.
Ba's Book was adapted from Anh Duong's 2024 memoir Dear Da-Le: A Father's Memoir of the Vietnam War and the Iranian Revolution. In 2024, Anh Duong published the memoir.
The film was shot with three cameras at all times, one documentary-focused and one narrative-focused. Duong wrote the film's loose script with Steven Sych.
In 1980, Ba started a new life in Canada after living as a refugee in 1970s revolutionary Iran.
Quick answers
What is Ba's Book about?
It is a hybrid documentary-narrative film that recreates the life of Ashley Duong's father in Vietnam using sets, actors and re-enactments.
When does Ba's Book screen at the Vancouver Film Festival?
It screens Sunday night.
What was Ba's Book adapted from?
It was adapted from Anh Duong's 2024 memoir Dear Da-Le: A Father's Memoir of the Vietnam War and the Iranian Revolution.