Director’s Vision: Gà Lavabo is the first Vietnamese American film where the characters are not defined by the Vietnam War. It is the first film to depict Vietnamese immigrants in America before the end of the war in 1975.

Duy Do strives to create a movie that is a celebration of the Vietnamese people and the baby boomer generation. It is a timeless film that will stand tall next to the great classics of the golden era of cinema, from both the West and the East. Gà Lavabo is a film that is for all audiences, regardless of background and age. This film aims to reinvent the image of Vietnamese and Southeast Asian cinema, one that joins the pantheon of the major film movements and waves of the past.

Gà Lavabo is a film fueled by love: My father was a part of the USAID foreign exchange program with South Vietnam, and I believe that his story, along with the hundreds of students who were a part of the program, is worth sharing. There is no better medium to preserve and celebrate my father and his peers than the language of cinema and motion picture film. My father spent his whole life providing for his family, providing me an opportunity to follow my dreams, and this film is a gift to illustrate my utmost gratitude and love to him.