HOA-LAN TRAN
DOCUMENTARY FILM-MAKING
Hoa-Lan Tran
is currently editing two documentary films she has recorded on ÒThe Art of
Vietnamese Hand-Made Paper-Making and ÒThe Art of Traditional
Wood-Block/Vietnamese PrintmakingÓ.
Traditional Vietnamese arts and crafts are currently being threatened by
the efficiencies of modern commercial technology.
We
visited a remote village in northern Vietnam and learned about Vietnamese traditional paper-making from
one of the three families still practicing this ancient craft in the country. There is not much demand for this type
of paper-making now – which craft once served the emperor of Vietnam for
all legal and ceremonial historical administration. Many families engaged in once engaged in traditional
paper-making now make commercial cardboard and have abandoned the traditional
arts.
Scenes
from ÒThe Art of Vietnamese Hand-Made Paper-MakingÓ can be seen below:
ÒTHE ART
OF VIETNAMESE HAND-MADE PAPER-MAKINGÓ
Special
thanks to
Dao Ngoc
Quynh – Cameraman
Michael
Clark – Cameraman
Tam – Paper Master
Dao Ngoc Han – Project
Coordinator
Nguyen Thanh Yen –
Project Assistant
Nguyen Quoc Hung –
Project Assistant
Family of Tam, Paper Master –
Staff Assistants
Hoa-Lan Tran can be
contacted at:
To return
to earlier pages, please choose one of these links:
Home Page
– Hoa-Lan Tran / Michael J. Clark Portfolios:
http://www.hoalantrangallery.com/HLT1.htm
Hoa-Lan
Tran Portfolio:
http://www.hoalantrangallery.com/HLT2.htm
ÒThe Art of
Traditional Vietnamese Wood-Block/PrintmakingÓ:
http://www.hoalantrangallery.com/HLT6b.htm