Portland filmmaker Vu Pham has long been known for his work in the arena of narrative fiction.
During a 2020 trip to Juneau, Alaska, which coincided with the start of COVID-19 lockdowns in the U.S., Pham began to formulate the idea for his foray into feature-length documentary.
Oregon Art Beat highlights Vu’s journey and the project, “Sea Rose Ashes,” which explores Pham’s family history, including he and his mother’s escape from communist Vietnam and his mother’s murder in 1983.
“There was sort of the wellspring of a motivation to somehow seize control and regain agency of my life,” Pham said. “And the answer that arose was, ‘I need to find the man that killed my mother.’”
Read more and watch the OAB Video here.
