The Boat is true stories about “the boat people” who have fled from communist power during the Vietnam War. These people were men, women, babies and children on ships migrating in horrific conditions that consist of a cramp spaces of people on a ship, limited food supply, and illness where people where casted off into the sea for burial while heading to Australia. The visual story the boat is based on the story written by Nam Lee and adopted Matt Huynh. Mai is a young girl who her parents send away to her uncle to flee away from the Vietnam War for a better life. Mai makes friends with a boy and her mother on the ship. On the boat she experience horrible conditions and unpleasant memories of people dying while on her journey. The makers