Asian American Stories of Resilience and... Vol. 1 | Trailer
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Films focusing on resilience through the lens of family, rebuilding, and mental health.
Asian American Stories of Resilience and Beyond reflects the complexities of Asian American experiences: Queer filmmaker Quyên Nguyen-Le recovers and articulates the legacy of their mother's nail salon for their refugee family, and Filipino-American filmmaker Frances Rubio captures the experience of being distanced from her sick father, who has been isolated in his facility during the pandemic.
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Asian American Stories of Resilience and... Vol. 1 | Trailer
Preview: Season 7 Episode 2 | 58sVideo has Closed Captions
Asian American Stories of Resilience and Beyond reflects the complexities of Asian American experiences: Queer filmmaker Quyên Nguyen-Le recovers and articulates the legacy of their mother's nail salon for their refugee family, and Filipino-American filmmaker Frances Rubio captures the experience of being distanced from her sick father, who has been isolated in his facility during the pandemic.
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What I hear is that these stories aren't relatable, or they're too niche.
Oftentimes, it's just because these stories are Asian American stories - [TINA] Family, history, identity.
- I'm the fourth generation of my family in Hawaii, and my mom's side is Chinese, and my dad's side is Filipino.
- I'm like California born and raised, half Korean and half white American.
- Both my parents immigrated from the Philippines.
- My dad is Afro Puerto Rican, and then my mom is native Hawaiian, Polynesian, Filipino.
- Hey!
- These are also American stories.
These are also human stories.
And they're all relatable in my eyes.
- [TINA] Two filmmakers share personal stories of resilience and rebuilding.
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