In The Shadow of the Hills
TFI Suppport
Tribeca All Access® 2014
Logline
Told through the perspective of two young Hmong women, In The Shadow of the Hills is a longitudinal observation of the rural agrarian communities of Sapa, Vietnam.
Bao Nguyen
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
Bao Nguyen is a Vietnamese American filmmaker whose past work has been seen in the New York Times, HBO, NBC, Vice, ARTE, PBS, among many others. He was the producer and cinematographer of “Nuoc 2030”, a feature narrative set in near future Vietnam which opened the Panorama section of the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival and was a recipient of the Tribeca Film Institute Sloan Filmmaker Award. His feature doc directorial debut, “Live From New York” opened the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival and went on to screen at prestigious festivals such as Hot Docs, BFI London, and IDFA. He is an alumnus of the 2012 and 2014 Berlinale Talent Campus and a Firelight Producers Lab Fellow. He earned his BA in Politics/International Relations at NYU and his MFA in Social Documentary Film at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
Elizabeth Ai
PRODUCER
Elizabeth is an award-winning producer of independent documentary and fiction films. She consults on projects and produces commercial and promotional content for Vice, Fox International Channels, ESPN, and National Geographic Channels in which she and her team have garnered half a dozen Emmy Nominations and a 2012 News & Docs Emmy award.