After being mistaken for the enemy by fellow U.S. forces during the Vietnam War, a Japanese-American veteran struggles to overcome his feelings of guilt and anger, find a sense of belonging, and reunite with the friend who saved his life in this intimate, occasionally hilarious, and moving short documentary.
This film contains language and scenes that some viewers may find disturbing. Viewer discretion advised.
Director's Bio:
David Brodie has worked in documentaries for 15 years, primarily as an editor. He cut Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me for Apple+, won an Emmy for editing Errol Morris’s Survivors, and edited the Oscar-nominated The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306, and Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski for Netflix and Appian Way. David also edited and designed the title sequences for Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb, and Garret Bradley’s Naomi Osaka series. To promote the film Interstellar, David directed and edited the short film Emic. This is his first documentary project as director.
After being mistaken for the enemy by fellow U.S. forces during the Vietnam War, a Japanese-American veteran struggles to overcome his feelings of guilt and anger, find a sense of belonging, and reunite with the friend who saved his life in this intimate, occasionally hilarious, and moving short documentary.
This film contains language and scenes that some viewers may find disturbing. Viewer discretion advised.
Director's Bio:
David Brodie has worked in documentaries for 15 years, primarily as an editor. He cut Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me for Apple+, won an Emmy for editing Errol Morris’s Survivors, and edited the Oscar-nominated The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306, and Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski for Netflix and Appian Way. David also edited and designed the title sequences for Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb, and Garret Bradley’s Naomi Osaka series. To promote the film Interstellar, David directed and edited the short film Emic. This is his first documentary project as director.