PRODUCTION CREDITSCharley Trujillo
Co-Director/Co-Producer
Charley Trujillo was born in Hanford, California and was raised in Corcoran until he was 18 years old. His paternal grandparents emigrated from Silao Guanajuato, Mexico, to the United States in 1908. His maternal family has been in Texas before it became part of the U.S. in 1848. His father is a World War II veteran.
Two weeks after graduating from high school, Trujillo enlisted in the U.S. Army. He served in Germany as an infantryman in 1969. From there he volunteered for Vietnam. He served there as a sergeant in the infantry, earning both a Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medal. He received his B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, and his M.A. from San Jose State University. He has taught college courses in ethnic and Chicano studies, and the Vietnam War, and is the publisher of Chusma House Publications, one of the country’s few independent Chicano publishing houses. His book “Soldados: Chicanos in Viet Nam” won the 1991 American Book Award. He is also the author of the novel “Dogs from Illusion.” He lives in San Jose, California.
Sonya Rhee
Co-Director/Co-Producer
Fresh out of film school at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, Sonya Rhee was doing research on Japanese-American soldiers in Vietnam when she spotted Trujillo’s book at a local bookstore. The young Korean filmmaker was so taken with Trujillo’s experience that she contacted him and went to Callifornia to meet him. Trujillo agreed to work with her and she changed the subject of her documentary to “Soldados: Chicanos in Viet Nam.” She has worked at several international film festivals, including the Edinburgh and Hamptons film festivals. She served as festival coordinator for the 2002 MediaRights.org’s Media That Matters Festival, co-presented with the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival. She is also a member of The Workshop, a New York-based group of Asian American filmmakers. Rhee lives in New York City.
Production Credits
Directed and Produced by
Charley Trujillo and Sonya Rhee
Supervising Editor
Laure Sullivan
Editor
Matthew Spain
Associate Editor
Linda Peters
Sound Editor
Margaret Crimmins
Greg Smith
Dog Bark Sound
Online Editor & Color Correction
Rick Brown
Audio Layback
Joe Miuccio
Online Facility
Penny Lane Studios
Associate Producer
Ross Romero
Original Music
Jerry Sauceda
Music Library
Killer Tracks
Assistant Editor
Leo Curbelo
Second Unit Cameraman
Luis “Machito” Ochoa
Frank Delgado Jr.
Image Scans
Chris Vitola
Additional Assistant Editor
Sarah Dysken
Editing Facility – D-Lab, New York
Transcription – Pat Casteel Steve Wylie
Thanks to:
Barrera Family
Delgado Family
Gastelo Family
Holguin Family
Lerma Family
Trujillo Family
Samantha Le
Esther and Ray Montes
Albert Solis
Rudy Rodriguez
Leon Morris
Henry Torres
Arturo Villarreal
Town of Corcoran
Asian American Filmmakers Collaborative
Archival Footage:
Barrera Family
Department of Commerce
Getty Images
Photos courtesy of:
Frank Delgado
Fred Escalante
Diego Garcia
Miguel Gastelo
Larry Holguin
Trinidad Mendez
Jesse Saucedo
Charley Trujillo
Board of Advisors:
Alfred Arteaga, professor University of California Berkeley
Chris Appy, writer
Jorge Mariscal, professor University of California San Diego
Jaime Rodriguez, researcher University of Massachusetts Boston
Gloria Velasquez, professor Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Produced in association with P.O.V./American Documentary, Inc.
Additional funding provided by:
Al Castellanos
Jerry Melendrez
Ernie De La Torrre
Eddie Ramirez and Family Joise Mendez Negrete
Ramona Sakata
In memory of Jose Gilberto Barrera and Raymond Trujillo, Charley’s father
This program was produced by Charley Trujillo and Sonya Rhee who are solely responsible for its content.
© 2003 Charley Trujillo and Sonya Rhee
