Two estranged cousins reunite for a wedding. Old resentments and awkward tensions arise as they spend a day shopping for wedding floral arrangements.
The Healing Circle: Songs, Stories, and Friendship is an intimate and visually experimental short documentary that celebrates the resilience of Cambodian women through the healing power of storytelling, art, and music. Centering on Celena Chin, Saroth Loeuk, and Pich Houy, the film follows their remarkable journeys from childhoods in Cambodia to surviving the Cambodian Genocide, seeking refuge in the United States, and rebuilding their lives in Chicago.
A line cook is tasked with delivering bitter melons to her estranged father. The delivery doesn't go as planned and she learns to confront her past and connect with her heart, tribe, and cultural roots.
A short documentary that focuses on the life and art of LinDa Saphan. After escaping war-torn Cambodia to grow up in Canada, LinDa began a quest in her early 20's to reconnect with her past and make sense of her displaced identity. In her return to Cambodia after many years away, she discovered her artistic voice and ultimately, found her calling.
A short documentary that follows Chicago artist, Shencheng Xu as he grapples with his Chinese American identity through his artwork.
In the village of Rosharon, Texas a community of Cambodian refugee immigrant farmers grow and sell water spinach — a plant that is native to Cambodia but invasive to the Texas waterways. Water spinach is the source by which they build new roots far from the war torn memories of their past.