![Dana_Sachs.jpg](https://cdn.grove.wgbh.org/dims4/default/54b54df/2147483647/strip/true/crop/92x120+14+0/resize/275x360!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fk1-prod-gbh.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fmedia%2Fspeaker_headshots%2FDana_Sachs.jpg)
Dana Sachs
writer
Dana Sachs is a journalist specializing in topics related to Vietnam. Her work has appeared in *The Far East Economic Review*, *Mother Jones*, *Sierra*, and the *San Francisco Examiner*. In collaboration with her sister, Lynne Sachs, she made the award-winning documentary film about Viet Nam, *Which Way is East*, which was screened at the Sundance Film Festival and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. She was a translator for* The Other Side of Heaven*.