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Shining Light (2025) (Documentary) Rated PG
director Robbie Hart
Sunday April 26th at 3.00pm – 30 min

“An extraordinary mother–daughter documentary”

It’s late April 1975 and the Communist North Vietnamese army has entered the city and thousands are desperate to flee. Mui is nine months pregnant with Anh and they are on the roof of the American embassy. When the last US Marine Chopper lifts off, they are still stranded on the roof. What transpires over the next three weeks is an improbable and remarkable sequence of events. A refugee camp in Hong Kong where they meet Canadian immigration officers, and lastly their emigration to Canada. 50 years later – mother, daughter and other key protagonists connected to their story, meet in Montreal to reconstruct how it happened and who they’ve become. Anh calls it “bringing together all the pieces of her survival puzzle – a reconciliation of the past and present.” Special guests: Director Robbie Hart; writer/producer Gary Smith