Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest

Online: We Were The Scenery

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Available October 20, 2025 7:00 AM UTC
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Bonus Short Documentary- limited to California viewers


The story of Hoa Thi Le and Hue Nguyen Che, who, in 1975, after fleeing the Vietnam War by boat and docking in the Philippines, were utilized as background extras in the filming of APOCALYPSE NOW.


Director Christopher Radcliff

Christopher Radcliff is an award-winning filmmaker whose work has screened at festivals worldwide and online via Criterion, Short of the Week, and Lé Cinema Club. His latest film WE WERE THE SCENERY received the Short Film Jury Award for Nonfiction at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.

  • Year
    2025
  • Runtime
    0:14:59
  • Language
    English, Vietnamese
  • Country
    United States, Canada
  • Genre
    Documentary
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  • Director
    Christopher Radcliff
  • Screenwriter
    Cathy Linh Che
  • Producer
    Production: Cathy Linh Che, Jess X. Snow
  • Executive Producer
    Su Kim
  • Cinematographer
    Director of photography: Jess X. Snow
  • Editor
    Christopher Radcliff
  • Composer
    Sound: Quyên Nguyen-Le
  • Sound Design
    Haina Zhou, Mackie Mallison
  • Music
    Eliot Leigh
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