The Polyphony
By Nguyen Manh Quoc Trung In my family, not only am I the first person to study in the Global Discovery Program, but I also am the first person to study abroad. And that is special, as it influenced both me and my family in ways we could never have imagined. Although my parents are […]
Osaka is the second largest metropolitan area in Japan after Tokyo and is also one of the most visited cities not only in Japan, but also worldwide. However, it is possible to experience all the best Osaka has to offer in just one day. Let’s find out!
What does coming back home after years of living in a foreign country feel like? Walk with Nguyen Manh Quoc Trung as he recalled his time in Vietnam, struggling with feeling like a stranger in his home country, which led to contemplation about label and identity.
By Trung Manh Quoc Nguyen Sometimes I found myself perplexed between the movies of Pixar and Ghibli Studio. Both are equally important parts of my childhood and their impacts are still felt by me even now. Although I must admit that I like Pixar movies better (perhaps because I started watching them way earlier), the […]
What Beasts of No Nation, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, is about is not only the loss of war, but also about how war is loss. War is a lost cause, and no matter whose side you’re on there’s no going back. By depicting an African child being dragged into a civil war, everything he once knew taken away from him, Fukunaga paints a poignant and uncomfortable picture of war’s human cost.
More than just a feel-good film, CODA revolves around Ruby, a CODA (child of deaf adults), and her deaf fishermen family. Having a great passion for music and singing, something her parents know next to nothing about, Ruby has to choose where her values lie the most.
The Polyphony