Children of the Mist
Season 36 Episode 3606 | 1h 22m 54sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
A Hmong girl living in rural Northern Vietnam is caught between tradition and change.
Children of the Mist traces the story of Di, a 13-year-old girl coming of age in an indigenous Hmong community in the mountains of Northwest Vietnam. As part of the first generation in her village with access to formal education, Di navigates the cultural and social challenges faced by young girls in her community while balancing inherited tradition with change.
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Children of the Mist
Season 36 Episode 3606 | 1h 22m 54sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Children of the Mist traces the story of Di, a 13-year-old girl coming of age in an indigenous Hmong community in the mountains of Northwest Vietnam. As part of the first generation in her village with access to formal education, Di navigates the cultural and social challenges faced by young girls in her community while balancing inherited tradition with change.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪♪ ♪♪ -[ Sighs ] [ Laughter ] [ Grunts ] [ Groans ] [ Sniffles ] [ Sighs ] [ Wind howling ] [ Children laughing and speaking Vietnamese ] [ Laughter ] [ All cheering and laughing ] [ All counting in Vietnamese ] [ All squealing and laughing ] -[ Shouting in Vietnamese ] [ Shouting in Vietnamese ] [ Screams ] [ All screaming and laughing ] [ All shouting in Vietnamese ] -[ Speaking in Vietnamese ] [ Chicken clucking ] -Mm-hm.
[ Engine revs ] [ Clattering ] [ Indistinct conversations ] -[ Laughs ] [ Laughter ] [ All singing and cheering ] [ Dance music playing ] ♪♪ [ Indistinct conversations ] [ Music fades ] [ Footsteps approaching ] [ Door opens ] [ Door closes ] Hmm?
[ Indistinct conversations ] [ Laughter ] [ Laughter ] [ All squealing and laughing ] [ Splat ] [ Laughter ] -[ Shouts ] [ Laughter ] [ Grunts ] [ Radio playing indistinctly ] [ Man singing in Vietnamese ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Indistinct conversations ] [ Drumming ] ♪♪ [ Children singing in Vietnamese ] ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Indistinct conversations ] [ Laughter ] -[ Grumbles ] [ Yelping ] [ Indistinct conversations ] [ Clattering ] -[ Laughs ] [ Water splashing ] [ Birds calling ] [ Woman speaking Vietnamese ] [ Child speaking Vietnamese ] -Ah?
[ Conversing in Vietnamese ] -[ Squeals ] [ Smooching ] [ Baby cries ] [ Humming ] [ Mouthing words ] -Ah!
[ Humming ] ♪♪ [ Singing in Vietnamese ] ♪♪ [ Cat meows ] [ Animal howls ] [ Chime ] [ Indistinct conversations ] [ Conversing in Vietnamese ] [ Conversing in Vietnamese ] [ Indistinct music playing ] -[ Singing in Vietnamese ] -[ Sighs ] -[ Counting in Vietnamese ] -[ Speaks in Vietnamese ] [ Children shouting ] [ Children shouting ] [ Children squealing and clapping ] [ Laughter ] [ Cheering and laughter ] [ Laughter ] [ Laughter ] [ Laughs ] [ Laughter ] [ Laughter ] [ Dinging ] [ Screams ] [ Coughing ] [ Dog barks ] [ Music playing indistinctly ] [ Cat meows ] [ Upbeat music playing ] ♪♪ [ Man singing in Vietnamese ] ♪♪ -[ Speaks in Vietnamese ] ♪♪ [ Chicken clucking ] ♪♪ [ Laughs ] ♪♪ [ Music stops ] -[ Laughs ] [ Cheers ] [ Laughs ] [ Chicken clucking ] [ Rooster crows ] [ Grunts ] [ Dog barking ] [ Rooster crows ] -Mm-hm.
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-[ Speaks indistinctly ] [ Beep ] [ Rooster crows ] -[ Grunts, cries ] [ Baby crying ] [ Rooster crows ] [ Coughs ] [ Conversing in Vietnamese ] -[ Clears throat ] [ Chickens clucking ] [ Indistinct conversations ] [ Vietnamese pop music playing ] ♪♪ [ Conversing in Vietnamese ] [ Rooster crows ] [ Rooster crows ] [ Dog barks ] [ Dog barks ] -Huh?
[ Rooster crows ] [ Rooster crows ] [ Conversing in Vietnamese ] [ Dog barking ] [ Motor revving in distance ] [ Child speaking in Vietnamese ] [ Chickens clucking ] [ Baby babbling ] -[ Laughs ] [ Crying ] [ Indistinct conversations outside ] [ Rooster crows ] [ Indistinct conversations in distance ] [ Thudding ] [ Laughter and conversation in distance ] -[ Crying ] [ Indistinct conversations ] [ Conversing in Vietnamese ] [ Chatter in distance ] -Huh?
[ Indistinct conversations in distance ] [ Indistinct conversations ] -[ Giggles ] -[ Laughs ] [ Shouts in Vietnamese ] [ Laughter ] [ Laughter ] [ Conversing in Vietnamese ] -[ Laughs ] [ Laughter ] [ Screaming and laughter ] [ Dog barking ] [ Birds chirping ] [ Vietnamese music playing ] ♪♪ [ Conversing in Vietnamese ] ♪♪ [ Chickens clucking ] ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Children shouting ] [ Drum sounds ] [ Rooster crows ] [ Rooster crows ] [ Crying ] [ Shouting in Vietnamese ] [ Vehicle approaching ] [ Conversing in Vietnamese ] [ Conversing in Vietnamese ] [ Arguing in Vietnamese ] [ Arguing in Vietnamese ] [ Crying ] [ Di crying ] [ Men shouting in Vietnamese ] [ Di screaming ] [ Di crying ] [ Screaming ] [ Screaming ] [ Screaming ] [ Crying and screaming ] [ Crying and screaming ] [ Indistinct conversations ] [ Crying ] [ Glasses clink ] [ Spits, retches ] [ Woman shouting in Vietnamese ] [ Soft music plays ] [ Children laughing ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Grunts ] ♪♪ [ Indistinct conversations in distance ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪
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