HANOI ECLIPSE: THE MUSIC OF DAI LAM LINH

Vietnam 2010
56 min / color video
Vietnamese with English subtitles

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER/CINEMATOGRAPHER: Barley Norton
SOUND: Barley Norton, Nguyen Nhat Ly
MUSIC: Dai Lam Linh
EDITOR: Hikaru Toda
MAIN CAST: Ngoc Dai, Linh Dung, Thanh Lam

Hanoi Eclipse follows the challenges faced by the controversial Vietnamese band Dai Lam Linh. With vivid footage of the band working in the city of Hanoi, the film documents the recording of Dai Lam Linh’s debut album in 2009 and features an album-launch concert in the prestigious Hanoi Opera House. Followed by scandal at every turn for their experimental sound and their use of sexually explicit lyrics, the band has dared to flout taboos and fight for their creative freedom. Dai Lam Linh’s story of creative, political, and financial struggle reveals what it is like to be a contemporary musician in a one-party state where cultural expression is tightly controlled.