Immigrants have always dreamed of coming to America and living the American Dream. Maybe 2020 was just a flawed year - or does it expose something fundamentally wrong with the country?
A real-time portrait of 2020 unfolds as an Asian-American family in Trump’s rural America fights to keep their restaurant and American dream alive in the face of a pandemic, Neo-Nazis, and generational scars from the Cambodian Killing Fields.
This film has been generously sponsored by Louise and Brian Henderson; and by Keli Massey and Misty Mountain Too Floral
David Siev
After graduating from the University of Michigan, David left his small Midwest town of Bad Axe, MI for Los Angeles. He landed at Jeff Tremaine’s production company, Gorilla Flicks, where he spent several years finessing the art of guerrilla filmmaking. As a jack-of-all-trades filmmaker, David holds producing, camera, and consulting credits on everything from hidden-camera blockbuster comedies like BAD TRIP (Netflix) to rock and roll biopics such as THE DIRT (Netflix). David first made waves in the Asian-American festival circuit with the debut of his award-winning short film, YEAR ZERO. The film would go on to win Best Narrative Short awards from the DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival, Vancouver Asian Film Festival, Manhattan International Film Festival, and several others. David currently lives in New York where he is now focused on writing and directing his own projects.
- DirectorDavid Siev
- ProducerJude Harris, Diane Moy Quon, David Siev, Katarina Vasquez
- Executive ProducerJeff Tremaine, Daniel J. Chalfen, Shanna Zablow Newton, Marci Wiseman, Michael Meinhold, Tim Chow, Dawn Bonder
- CastMichael Meinhold, Chun Siev, Austin Turmell
- EditorRosie Walunas, Peter Wagner
Immigrants have always dreamed of coming to America and living the American Dream. Maybe 2020 was just a flawed year - or does it expose something fundamentally wrong with the country?
A real-time portrait of 2020 unfolds as an Asian-American family in Trump’s rural America fights to keep their restaurant and American dream alive in the face of a pandemic, Neo-Nazis, and generational scars from the Cambodian Killing Fields.
This film has been generously sponsored by Louise and Brian Henderson; and by Keli Massey and Misty Mountain Too Floral
David Siev
After graduating from the University of Michigan, David left his small Midwest town of Bad Axe, MI for Los Angeles. He landed at Jeff Tremaine’s production company, Gorilla Flicks, where he spent several years finessing the art of guerrilla filmmaking. As a jack-of-all-trades filmmaker, David holds producing, camera, and consulting credits on everything from hidden-camera blockbuster comedies like BAD TRIP (Netflix) to rock and roll biopics such as THE DIRT (Netflix). David first made waves in the Asian-American festival circuit with the debut of his award-winning short film, YEAR ZERO. The film would go on to win Best Narrative Short awards from the DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival, Vancouver Asian Film Festival, Manhattan International Film Festival, and several others. David currently lives in New York where he is now focused on writing and directing his own projects.
- DirectorDavid Siev
- ProducerJude Harris, Diane Moy Quon, David Siev, Katarina Vasquez
- Executive ProducerJeff Tremaine, Daniel J. Chalfen, Shanna Zablow Newton, Marci Wiseman, Michael Meinhold, Tim Chow, Dawn Bonder
- CastMichael Meinhold, Chun Siev, Austin Turmell
- EditorRosie Walunas, Peter Wagner