Honored to be asked to speak with CBC, As It Happens about 9/11
From Ground Zero
It was such an amazing honor to be with the team and speak with Dr. Nelson Castro.
So may people came by to ask for a photo with him- it was awe inspiring.
*800K views in less than 24 hours*
In THE NEW YORK TIMES (Exclusive)
What an honor to have my portrait for this story taken by Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Todd Heisler
Thank you to the Tribeca Citizen and others for amplifying
Upcoming documentary by Academy Award nominated filmmakers:
MY FIRE ESCAPE — going back to NYC 25 years after filming 9/11
Grateful that this article is helping people collectively share their stories of that morning and hopefully heal more together.
Would love help finding the people on the sidewalk in my footage- my old neighbors in our [at the time] working class highly ethnic neighborhood — especially the man in the white t-shirt who spoke to me because he saw me on my fire-escape. He brought the clarity I needed to the situation, no matter how painful it is.
I am now certain, I have some of the “jumping people” and more on my video. My heart will always go out to everyone there and everyone touched by this immense tragedy, whether they saw it in person or learned about it elsewhere.
All of the comments are just so kind and so heartening. Here is a small selection of them:
Thank you to Voyage LA for the Q&A
Viva El Sereno 90032!
Feature in Bold Journey Magazine, The 140th Anniversary of the Haymarket Affair
Thuc is featured for her screenplay about German immigrant labor leaders to the United States – who gave the US and the world labor laws, being an important fixture in global labor history— the Haymarket Martyrs who are the origin story of May Day.
Thuc’s screenplay was also given a live read event with a full cast at Villa Aurora in Los Angeles.
Thuc and her personal effects are featured in an exhibit in the HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION museum in the French Quarter
Thuc is part of two major museum exhibitions in 2025 for the 50th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon
Ogden Museum Press Release – a portrait of Thuc by renowned painter Loc X. Huynh
The Historic New Orleans Collection Press Release – Thuc is the first ever Vietnamese American Mardi Gras Krewe Captain. Her hand-made captain’s hat is on display
A story about Thuc’s family is in the Print Edition of Food & Wine Magazine, April 2025
247WS, December 29, 2024
Yes- Screenwriter, Essayist and budding novella-ist
Top 10 Screenwriters to Watch in 2024, Golden Script
Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2024, ISA
Script Magazine – Writers “of a certain age”, February 20, 2024
HONEY by RECKON, October 13, 2023
Are We In A Renaissance for Representation in Horror?
THE BIG PICTURE, August 23, 2023
Thuc, Oliver Stone, Brian De Palma and others on “Vietnam Vogue” and filmmaking/film history when it comes to Vietnamese/Vietnamese American characterization:
Thuc’s Esquire Magazine article “Those 5 Words” is discussed.
Thank you to Brian Raftery, Bill Simmons and team!
Thuc is a translator for The Academy Award nominated “Last Days in Vietnam” by Rory Kennedy
Sundance Film Festival has Thuc back for #Sundance2021
Thuc is pictured bottom right (just above). Click on the Vietcetera image to read more.
USA Today – Print edition, March 26, 2023
Thuc is pictured center:
BBC WORLD SERVICE, March 17, 2023
Thuc is pictured far right, with her parents to her left.
Photo by Faith Donia Shipp Pearson, early 1980s, Kinston, North Carolina:
Voice of America: Thuc speaks about the need for diversity in Mardi Gras
NOLA.com: Thuc Nguyen is the Founder of A Vietnamese American Krewe in Mardi Gras
*Sadly the “parent krewe” and Krewe of Mung Beans were appropriated by people seeking to monetize things for themselves by cosplaying identity for attention – link
New Orleans Times Picayune – Scent of the Delta, the road to production
Clarification: Thuc Doan Nguyen is a 2020 Sundance Institute Inclusion Initiative Fellowship winner, allowing her to attend the 2020 festival in Park City, Utah
Deadline – Scent of the Delta – A Feature Film about Vietnamese American Women
Cinema Femme – Three Women on a Mission – Scent of the Delta
The Roots and Roots Show – Honored to be one of the Asians on this episode
Vietcetera – Vietnamese Women’s Day 2021
The Los Angeles Times – Company Town, June 2021
News 1 Los Angeles – Report on Thuc & AAPI-Representation in Hollywood
Ms. Magazine with The Inclusion Rider
The Hollywood Reporter – #Sundance2021
The Los Angeles Times – Company Town, March 2021
The Miami Herald – quoted as an avid traveler. Give me a farm stay any day
Indiewire’s “Heroines of Cinema”
Creative Screenwriting, with film producers of things you’ve seen & love
The Bitch List in The Huffington Post
Killer Shorts – Being a Woman in Horror!
Earliest memories of speaking to the press:
*When I was ten years old (1986), I was out front of the White House in Washington, DC with my parents. I remember wearing a camel colored sweater and having slacks on. Two BBC reporters asked me what I thought of the Reagan-Gorbachev Summit and I told them.
We have no idea what the names of these journalists were because it was so long ago and are not sure if my statements were ever used in their story – because this is way before “the internet” and even email. It was a very interesting memory. Ever since I started learning English, I could tell people who the president and the vice-president of the US were (since I was four years old).
When I was eight years old, I wrote an essay that I titled “Of ducks and Democrats”. This sample of my handwriting is somewhere in a folder. I just remember the title because I loved alliteration then like I continue to do so now.
A few awards + grants in the news
Thuc’s film poster is featured as the Marquee Month (November) for the Fest’s annual calendar P&A for her short film were funded by The City of Vancouver, Creative British Columbia & Telefilm Canada
Sundance Film Festival 2020 Inclusion Initiative
Thuc’s participation is funded by Netflix, Open Society Foundations, MacArthur Foundation, Rotten Tomatoes +, With support from Times Up Now, Nathan Cummings Foundation
Lynn Shelton’s Of A Certain Age Grant Nominees: 25 Women & Non-Binary Filmmakers to Watch
For more on Thuc, go here
Podcasts
Thuc is a highlighted guest on The Ringer’s The Big Picture
Thuc with Nhi Corcoran & Thu Do on Vietverse
Thuc shoots the sh*t with film producer Jason Lin of The Linsider
Thuc talks with the hosts of Screamwriters
Thuc in conversation with cool folks like Shirley Li from The Atlantic, for They Call Us Bruce
(Phil Yu aka Angry Asian Man & Jeff Yang)
Hosting filmmakers and programmers of The Slamdance Film Festival
Glad to part of this community! Working on stuff for future Slamdances
Please note that #StartWith8Hollywood was created by Thuc Doan Nguyen (*Very strongly not affiliated with the trademarked “#StartWith8”, WOCU/JTC-List or its representatives or any monetization of inclusion/mentoring schemes).
#StartWith8Hollywood is an idea to get people in Hollywood to talk with 8 new Women of Color friends to facilitate discussions across humanity.
#StartWith8HollywoodNorth is a sister initiative by Murry Peeters for the Canadian entertainment industry.
The original “Start With 8” and that hashtag were from the tech industry- a project of Alpha Edison and friends.
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