Trinh, who moved to the US in 1987, when he was 30, said he really knew nothing about dioxin until 2005. The idea struck him then to make a film on Agent Orange and its victims.
He started researching the chemical and working on the movie, trying to show the cruelty and long-lasting impact of the war. He wrote the script in three months and came back to Vietnam for the first time since he’d left 19 years earlier.
Trinh said his wish is that the US government admits that it was wrong in using Agent Orange during the Vietnam War and atones for the crime by compensating all victims of the toxic chemical.
US individuals and organizations have tried to help mitigate the tragedy’s impacts and though the government has of late provided some funding toward dioxin clean up operations, it has refused to accept responsibility or provide direct compensation to the victims of Agent Orange.
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