Monday, July 31, 2023 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV (no longer available on the PBS App) “Children of the Mist” delves into the tradition of bride kidnapping still practiced by the Hmong, one of Vietnam’s ...

POV caught up with Children of the Mist filmmaker Hà Lệ Diễm to provide a window into the making of her film and reflect on the journey since the cameras stopped rolling. Nestled in the mountains of ...

A documentarian traces a Hmong girl’s experience with a custom that permits boys to detain girls with the intention of marriage. By Beatrice Loayza When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

EXCLUSIVE: POV has acquired the Oscar-shortlisted feature documentary Children of the Mist, a film that explores a disturbing tradition among Vietnam’s Hmong minority that involves kidnapping girls ...

In early scenes in the documentary “Children of the Mist,” Di is a vivacious girl with a wide smile and black ponytail, living with her Hmong family in rural northern Vietnam. She laughs when three ...

Children of the Mist traces the story of Di, a 13-year-old girl coming of age in an indigenous Hmong community in the mountains of Northwest Vietnam. As part of the first igeneration in her village ...

The documentary “Nhung Dua Tre Trong Suong" (“Children of the Mist”) is the first Vietnamese film to be short-listed for the Oscars Documentary Feature Film category. Of the 144 films eligible in the ...

Like many girls her age, 12-year-old Di is not easily parted from her phone. All but welded to her hand, it’s the device through which she communicates most freely, sharing secret thoughts with her ...

After an acclaimed run through several film festivals in 2021 and 2022, Children of the Mist opens in theaters on Friday (Dec. 16). The film follows the story of Di, a ...