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The audience of about 150 consisted of all ages, including Vietnam veterans, activists, members of Asian societies, professors and students.
The screening was followed by speeches by director Masako Sakata, co-producer Bill Megalos and Paul Cox of Veterans for Peace and the Vietnam Agent Orange Relief & Responsibility Campaign.
Masako spoke about how losing her husband of cause thought to be brought by his exposure to Agent Orange prompted to her to make this documentary and how meeting victims in Vietnam made her heal by witnessing the love the families gave to disabled children.
Bill explained how he came to help her make the film and complete it in the snowbound mountain house in Japan when he and composer Tadashi Namba visited in winterer of 2005.
Paul Cox talked about the pending law suit by Vietnamese Victims against American chemical companies, and the unwillingness of American government to take any responsibilities and urged American citizens to help the Vietnamese who is still suffering from the consequences of war more than 30 years after the war ended.
The audience participated with questions and comments on the situation in Vienam today, the affects of Agent Orange on American Veterans and their children and some suggestions as to how to have the film seen more widely in the States.