Synopsis

Lê Văn Khoa, a composer, photographer and educator, came to the United States as a war refugee from Vietnam in May 1975. This documentary movie highlights over 65 years of his journey and devotion to preserve Vietnamese culture, music and arts; his nurturing of younger generations to become music performers and composers; and his lifelong commitment to transcend Vietnamese music beyond the borders of a country to reach the whole world.

Director's Biography

Thu Tran was born in 1945 in Quang Binh, Vietnam. He was a former officer in ARVN. After South Vietnam's collapsed, he was put in jail by Communist government. He came to the US in 1995. He is the founder of the Vietnam Film Club since 2010, producing documentary films about Vietnam history and Vietnam war.