Green Meadow

(Thảo Nguyên Xanh Tươi)
40 min / color video
Vietnam 2007
Director: Phan Y Ly
“Whenever the low lying land in the middle of the Red River in Hanoi is mentioned, city people usually think of rubbish and used syringes. They assume that the people living here are all thieves and criminals, but actually it is not like that…”
To these children, life in a village of 20 houses floating on the river is not only poor and full of hardship, but also filled with love and care. Living in a place which most people would consider as a precarious existence, the children think this home of theirs is heaven.
With the support of the “My Life, My View” project, seven children named Hien, Tam, Ha, Thao, Bac and Tuyet filmed the daily lives of 20 families in a floating village on the Red River in Ngoc Thuy Ward of Gia Lam District in Hanoi. Let us travel to the world of these children and experience life through their eyes.