Visas and Virtue / I Am Viet Hung

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Visas and Virtue / I Am Viet Hung

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PBS | Air Date: August 23, 1999
Summary: "Visas and Virtue" profiles Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who took a brave stand against the horrors of World War II. Against orders, Sugihara created visas for Jewish people attempting to escape. In "I Am Viet Hung," a Vietnamese opera singer clings to tradition in the face of a changing world.
Genre(s): Talk & Interview, Documentary, Arts

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