family matters
[shorts]
Friday, October 20, 2017, 7:00 PM
Bright Family Screening Room, The Paramount Center
559 Washington Street, Boston MA
(T: Park Street, Downtown Crossing, or Boylston)
According to My Mother | Distance | Sameer and the Giant Samosa | It Is What It Is | I'm Here Too |
For the Love of Mangos | NGUYENing - The Lee Nguyen Story
Bright Family Screening Room, The Paramount Center
559 Washington Street, Boston MA
(T: Park Street, Downtown Crossing, or Boylston)
According to My Mother | Distance | Sameer and the Giant Samosa | It Is What It Is | I'm Here Too |
For the Love of Mangos | NGUYENing - The Lee Nguyen Story
Alfonso Bui
Director, NGUYENing - The Lee Nguyen Story |
Lee Nguyen
Subject, NGUYENing - The Lee Nguyen Story |
Craig Nisperos
Director, Distance |
Kayla Wong
Director, For the Love of Mangos |
Shefali Lohia
Writer/Producer, For the Love of Mangos |
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according to my mother18 mins | Narrative | Korean-American
Directed by Cathy Yan After the death of his beloved aunt, Daniel, a gay, struggling actor, visits Esther, his devout Christian, Korean mother. Despite their differences, they try to heal together. But old habits die hard. Director's Bio: Cathy Yan is a New York-based filmmaker who received an MFA from Tisch, an MBA from Stern and a BA from Princeton. She just wrapped up her feature directorial debut, DEAD PIGS, invested by Alibaba Pictures with China's premiere arthouse filmmaker, Jia Zhangke as executive producer. DEAD PIGS participated in the NYU Purple List, Hamptons Film Festival Screenwriting Lab and the IFP Narrative Filmmaker Labs. Her comedic series "According to My Mother" won Best Drama Pilot at the New York Television Festival and participated in IFP Film Week and the Sundance New Voices Lab. |
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DISTANCE12 mins | Narrative | Filipino-American
Directed by Craig Nisperos A modern day immigration story that focuses on a man's struggle with being away from his family, his home
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sameer and the giant samosa5 mins | Narrative | Indian-American
Directed by Faroukh Virani "Sameer and the Giant Samosa" is a dark comedy about a newlywed Indian couple and their diverging views on marriage and tradition. A surreal turn of events reveals the groom's true, hidden appetites. |
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it is what it is8 mins | Documentary| Japanese-Iranian
Directed by Cyrus Yoshi Tabar It is What it Is Filmmaker Cyrus Yoshi Tabar, a first-generation Iranian-Japanese-American, has a photo of his grandparents holding him as an infant. The photo captures his first and last encounter with them. Seeking to understand the fracture in his family, Cyrus embarks on a journey into the dark and nebulous corners of family history. Fragmented and cloudy images of his family speckle his investigation ashe talks to his aunt and sister, but discovers that a family’s narrative isn’t linear and that truth’s elusive. Director's Bio: Cyrus Yoshi Tabar isan award winning Iranian-Japanese-American filmmaker based inOakland, California. His films explore what it means tobe American through the intricate complexities of family history and ambiguous identities. Growing upat a dinner table where sushi and kebab met macaroni and cheeseburgers, Cyrus now uses cinema to investigate the diverse and dynamic intricacies of first-generation kaleidoscopic American culture. |
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i'm here too5 mins | Narrative | Korean-American
Directed by Eunsoo Jeong Short stop-motion animation reflecting personal story of growing up with abusive household where mental condition was remained as secret. |
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FOR THE LOVE OF MANGOS14 mins | Narrative | Indian-American
Directed by Kayla Wong Know-it-all Rita tries to chip at her Indian immigrant father's traditionalism by setting him up with her feminist-studies professor. Her plan backfires when he arranges a date of her own with a childhood friend.
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Nguyening - the lee nguyen story22 mins | Documentary| Vietnamese-American
Directed by Alfonso Bui A teenage soccer phenom skyrockets to stardom like no one before him, becoming the first ethnic Vietnamese player to represent the United States. Then, in an unprecedented move, he leaves for Asia, his star fading into obscurity. Lee, the prodigal footballer son who traveled the world to find his footing. In a sport defined by winning, his story reminds us that it’s instead how you deal with the unexpected turns of sport and of life that matter most. |