Regret to Inform
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| Regret to Inform | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Barbara Sonneborn |
| Written by | Barbara Sonneborn |
| Cinematography | Emiko Omori Daniel Reeves Nancy Schiesari |
| Edited by | Lucy Massie Phenix Ken Schneider |
Production company | Sun Fountain Productions |
| Distributed by | Artistic License Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Regret to Inform is a 1998 American documentary film directed by Barbara Sonneborn. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature,.[1] After airing on PBS' POV, Regret to Inform won a Peabody Award in 2000.[2]
The film was made over a span of ten years. The documentary features filmmaker Barbara Sonneborn as she goes to the Vietnamese countryside where her husband was killed. Her translator is a fellow war widow named Xuan Ngoc Nguyen and together, the two women try to understand their losses. The film includes interviews with Vietnamese and American widows.
References[edit]
- ^ "NY Times: Regret to Inform". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
- ^ 60th Annual Peabody Awards, May 2001.
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