Daughter from Danang

Some films are clearly character driven. Daughter from Danang, for example, is driven by the wants of its main character, Heidi Bub, who was born in Vietnam and given up for adoption. Raised in Tennessee and taught to deny her Asian heritage. Bub is now estranged from her adoptive mother. She sets the events of the film in motion when she decides to reunite with her birth mother. Similarly, in Waltz with Bashir, Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman sets events in motion when he decides to look back at a past he cannot remember. 

As mentioned, the difference between plot- and character-driven films can be subtle, and one often has strong elements of the other. The characters in The Thin Blue Line are distinct and memorable the plot in both Daughter from Danang and Waltz with Bashir is strong and takes unexpected turns. It s also true that plenty of memorable documentaries are not "driven" at all in the Hollywood sense. When the... 

Daughter from Danang Produced by Gail Dolgin directed by Gail Dolgin and Vicente Franco edited by Kim Roberts. 

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