Bolinao 52 (2008)

Following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975 hundreds of thousands refugees took the perilous escape route across South China Sea to find freedom Many died of drowning or starvation and thirst Others were lost at sea or robbed and killed by pirates More than 30 years later no major film or television program has told their stories Bolinao 52 presents this longsilenced voice an unspoken legacy of the Vietnam War Filmmaker Duc Nguyen also a boat refugee retraces the odyssey of Bolinao 52 a vessel adrift on the sea for 37 daysand a survivor Tung Trinh as she returns to her past to tell her story