Taking Root Summer Screening Series: Center City
Start: Tuesday, August 12, 2025•07:00 PM
End: Tuesday, August 12, 2025•08:30 PM
Host Contact Info: info@vietlead.org
Join VietLead and the University of Pennsylvania Asian Alumni Network for our screening of VietLead's award-winning documentary series Taking Root, as part of VietLead's Taking Root Summer Screening Series commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Southeast Asian refugee resettlement in the United States.
Taking Root is a community-produced documentary series that amplifies the untold stories of Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian refugee Philadelphians who resettled in the city after the Wars in Southeast Asia (commonly known as the “Vietnam War"). Through 12 firsthand accounts, the series explores how imperialist violence shaped intergenerational trauma, challenges the erasure of Southeast Asian refugee histories, and positions these communities as agents of change in Philadelphia. Watch the trailer and learn more by visiting https://www.takingrootdocumentary.com/.
All ticket proceeds will go to support VietLead's mission and vision of building Vietnamese and Southeast Asian leadership in Philadelphia! Learn more by visiting https://www.vietlead.org/.