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Name: When Mother’s Away (Khi Me Vang Nha)
Genre: Documentary

A documentary about the Vietnamese blogger sentenced in 2017 to ten years in jail after publicizing the environmental devastation caused by a toxic leak from a steel plant. The documentary is described as exploring “the themes of family and motherhood in a changing Vietnam” and actually concerns the relationship of Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, the journalist known as “Mother Mushroom”, with her own mother.

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What is When Mother’s Away (Khi Me Vang Nha) about?: A documentary about the Vietnamese blogger sentenced in 2017 to ten years in jail after publicizing the environmental devastation caused by a toxic leak from a steel plant. The documentary is described as exploring “the themes of family and motherhood in a changing Vietnam” and actually concerns the relationship of Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, the journalist known as “Mother Mushroom”, with her own mother.