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Benji, this video is so beautiful! Like a love letter. Thank you for inviting us in!
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Benji, this video is so beautiful! Like a love letter. Thank you for inviting us in!
this TRULY feels like a movie. Each shot is beautifullyyy captured (and I love the coloring), the storytelling is enchanting (and weirdly emotional) and it just feels very comforting and nostalgic to watch. Thank you, and I can't wait till you full-length travelling documentary ;…
Benji, it is a VERY BIG DEAL to be able to speak to your grandmother in her first language. I am sure she truly appreciated the respect for your family culture and history that you show in making the effort to learn, and you connect to something much deeper in your social and cu…
THAT GATE OPENING SHOT 😮 Literal chills wow. 👏🎬 If you ever get bored of Youtube, I could totally see you as a world-travelling documentarian Benji!
I’m speechless, this actually feels like an A24 production
the shot of opening a gate and revealing fields was so beautiful
i'm in awe about everything i'm watching so far, the thumbnail, the narration, the clips aaahh
Even I'm a Vietnamese, living in Vietnam, I still miss a Vietnam ordinary day in the countryside like this. Time passed.
happy your grandpa is feeling better :-)
ok, why did I start crying at the beautiful montage of the family pictures with grandparents, their kids, and their families? Having grown up in east, I also had that family home that never change no matter how fast the times changed. My grandparents put it up for re-development …
This is just so pretty. Iv'e had tears all over my face, not because it was sad, but because you managed to capture everything in such a beautiful way. Thanks a lot for the impressions. :)
This is one of the most beautiful videos I've seen on youtube. I felt some kind of nostalgia I've never experienced. Masterpiece!!
Having grown up with little family, no traditions, no spirituality and no connection to family roots, this video was so beautiful on so many levels. Benji you have a gift for recording life. So happy for you that you can return to your family . That is a precious gift in itself a…
This new camera (I love film grain) and the color grading is real upgrade! It was such a delight to watch this explosion of colors from every day life's simple magic. I think introducing us with your new camera, Vietnam was the best choice to start with. I am looking forward to y…
A very beautiful vlog. I'm from the North (a remote mountainous region) and the atmosphere of Tet here is a little different from in the South. Watching your video made me so happy. Now that Tet is over, I'm heading back to Hanoi (to study), and your video really touched my heart…
This is such a beautiful short film / documentary about visiting Vietnam as well as the Vietnamese diaspora. Thank you for sharing this lil bit of magic with us ❤
Oh Benji, This video was just magical!! I cried when you talked about being able to communicate directly with your Grandmother, I absolutely got how special that must have been for you❤. Thank you so much for sharing this special time with us ❤️❤️
There’s something so soothing about your videos. I genuinely found peace and calmness while watching this.❤
I usually never comment but that super brief shot of "Vietnamese bingo" - I'm Cambodian but moved when I was 5. That shot felt like it reached into my brain and pulled out a memory that I'd almost forgotten, of those red bingo papers and the little wooden circles with the numbers…
The intro to this is so incredibly well done and the transitions of the fireworks overlaying your grandparents made me emotional like I was seeing my own grandparents aging 😭 Such a beautiful video!
What a Besutiful video filled with beautiful people. Your narration at the beginning was so poetic, Benji. I feel the love you have for your Vietnam family.
this new camera was the best investment you could’ve made! thank you for continuously sharing your culture with us <3
Just remember, you're not just learning another language, this is you embracing a part of your identity. You might not be able to have a conversation with your grandma today, but that day will come. Trust me, when that day comes, it'll be worth it. Just take your time learning, P…
the cinematography!
This is one of my most favourite videos you do. It is so heartwarming to see long time family traditions and how close you all appear to be. So good for the soul to watch. Thank you for sharing ❤️
Vietnamese people have the best philosophy of life, we have a lot to learn from them. The world would be better if we did. Thank you Benji.
Benji, this is so precious! Thank you for sharing with us. I can feel the love you have for your family and Vietnam, and sharing that with us is very generous ❤
The cinematic tour of your grandparent's house makes me think that my mom probably lived in something similar when she was younger before it had to be torn down to build apartments in the area - she's from Guangzhou and during the whole redistributing and imperializing of China, …
Let me repeat this intro real quick because WOW!!!❤
The narrow alley, hanging tree with red lanterns really got me. I couldn’t stop thinking about that entire vibe. Hoping to recreate somehow at home it’s just so cozy
18:54 as a fellow child of immigrants growing up in america, i've never had my native tongue. i think learning it, let alone doing it in adulthood, is so so admirable and impressive. i hope to be like you some day! beautiful video ♥️
im seven minutes in, and i've been crying the whole time, this is so beautiful - the family, the traditions, the food, the celebration, the nature 💓
It is so rare to see someone captured the cultural of the southern side of vietnam and the Mekong delta to be specific. And you do it so well like I’m watching some aspects of my childhood again. Almost crying watching this, thank you for sharing this experience 🥹
To say this was a delight would be an understatement
did i just watch a movie? that’s really beautiful, i normally put on youtube videos as background noise but this time my eyes were glued to the screen 🥹🥹
Excuse me! I'm two minutes into the video and I'm shocked at how well this is filmed and edited! Awesome job, Benji!
C'mon! Your improvement in Vietnamese IS impressive. And I'm so glad to hear that your grandpa is better now. Everybody seems so nice, hope you all have many more years of peaceful time together.
Very inspiring, Benji, thank you. Beautiful cinematography and such a wonderfully intimate portrait of your family.
This is honestly one of my favourite videos on YouTube. The way you talked with your grandmother in Vietnamese was so emotional 😭
I LOVE the ancestor worship.. Thank you for taking us along ❤