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New Grounds Lessons of darkness

The image shows the inside of a home, where a smiling person in the foreground looks toward the camera while two children play near a television. The scene feels warm and intimate, capturing an everyday family moment.

17 August 2026, 18:30

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New Grounds Lessons of darkness

We Were The Scenery

Director: Christopher Radcliff Country: United States, Vietnam, Philippines Year: 2025 Length: 15' Genre: documentary Screenplay: Cathy Linh Che Cinematography: Jess X. Snow Editing: Christopher Radcliff Music: Eliot Leigh Sound design: Haina Zhou Producer: Cathy Linh Che, Jess X. Snow

Filmed on location in Vietnam, the Philippines, and Long Beach, CA, We Were the Scenery is a short documentary based on the experiences of writer Cathy Linh Che’s parents, two Vietnam War refugees who, while in a refugee camp in the Philippines, were utilized as background extras in Apocalypse Now.