A story is not just a story. Once the forces have been aroused and set into motion, they can’t simply be stopped at someone’s request. Once told, the… - Trinh T. Minh-ha

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A story is not just a story. Once the forces have been aroused and set into motion, they can’t simply be stopped at someone’s request. Once told, the story is bound to circulate; humanized, it may have a temporary end, but its effects linger on and its end is never truly an end.

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About Trinh T. Minh-ha

(born 1952 in ; Vietnamese: Trịnh Thị Minh Hà) is a Vietnamese , writer, , composer, and professor. She has been making films for over thirty years and may be best known for her films Reassemblage, made in 1982, and Surname Viet Given Name Nam, made in 1985. She has received several awards and grants, including the 's National Independent Filmmaker , and Fellowships from the , the and the . Her films have been the subject of twenty retrospectives.

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Alternative Names: Trinh Thi Minh-Ha Thi Minh-Ha Thi Minh-Ha Trinh Trinh T. Minh-Ha T. Minh-Ha Trinh Trịnh Thị Minh Hà Trinh T. Minh Ha
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