Journey From The Fall Analysis

Journey from the Fall is a movie which deals with the historical story of the Vietnamese re-education camp and people who escaped Vietnam by boat after the Fall of Saigon. After the war, many people including Long, the main character in the movie, are imprisoned in a re-education camp and face brutal conditions in the camp. Also, many others chose to leave their country with hopes of freedom and liberty in a new land. This movie accurately presents the experiences that Vietnamese people had to go through. I believe that the movies based on historical events such as Journey from the Fall has a great value to Vietnamese and non-Vietnamese Americans. Many second generation of immigrants do not experience the same struggle that their parents and
grandparents went through. From the movies, they can understand their history, and furthermore, they learn the sacrifices their parents and older generation made to give their children a better life. Therefore, the movies can be served as a communication tool between older and younger generation.