LET THEM HAVE THEIR WAY

  • Director

    Dien Vo

  • Country, Year, Length

    United States, 2020, 84 min

  • Category

    Feature Narrative

  • Format

    Digital

  • Festival Year

    2020

Winner: QUEENS WORLD FILM FESTIVAL GODDARD CINEMA AWARD

Cast: Guy William Gane III, Adah Hagen, Doug Hendershott III, Ashley Christopher Leach, Elizabeth Oddy, Evgeniya Radilova
Crew: Producers: Ryan Monolopolus – Screenwriters: Dien Vo
Email: mail@dienvo.info
Web: www.dienvo.info/portfolio/let-them-have-their-way/

Synopsis
Three couples search for connection and meaning in an angry, anxious, and polarized world. Uniquely combining a surreal narrative with hundreds of found footage clips, the film takes viewers on a journey through the sights and sounds of consumerism, advertising, and self-help culture. The result is a highly innovative, hybrid remix film blending fiction and documentary while pushing the limits of Fair Use as rarely seen before.

Director
Dien is a filmmaker and educator based in Queens, NY and Great Barrington, MA, USA. He is a professor of film and media arts at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, and Board Chair at the Post Growth Institute. His debut feature film, “Let Them Have Their Way” (2020), is a collaboration with approximately 400 participants in 50 locations throughout Western New York, New York City, and Blacksburg, Virginia.