Tales of perseverance, grit and forgiveness show us the diversity of what the road of recovery from imperialism can look like.&nbsp;From a refugee recalling his past in GHOST MOUNTAIN to IN THIS LAND WE'RE BRIEFLY GHOSTS sharing the story of imprisoned child soldiers in Myanmar, and contemporary challenges with ICE in KEEP SARAY HOME, this program highlights Southeast Asian Americans as a complex, hard-won identity. Co-presented by <a href="https://khmerhealthboard.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Khmer Health Board Seattle</a>

It's Myanmar in 2013. A 12-year-old Burmese child soldier, imprisoned for deserting battle, is forced to either kill her older brother, a fellow deserter, or die alongside him. Based on actual events. (Content Warning: War, Death, State Violence)

IN THIS LAND WE'RE BRIEFLY GHOSTS

Myanmar, 2013. A 12-year-old Burmese child soldier, imprisoned for deserting battle, is forced to either kill her older brother, a fellow deserter, or die alongside him. Based on actual events.

KEEP SARAY HOME is about families. ICE doesn’t just separate families at the border. In the outskirts of Boston, three families face the impending threat of deportation. But as refugees from Cambodia and Vietnam, they know they’ll have to fight together to stay together. (Content Warning: Immigration Injustice, Incarceration)

KEEP SARAY HOME

ICE doesn’t just separate families at the border. In the outskirts of Boston, three families face the impending threat of deportation. But as refugees from Cambodia and Vietnam, they know they’ll have to fight together to stay together.

GHOST MOUNTAIN is the story of Bunseng Taing, a Cambodian refugee who made his way to Connecticut in 1980 after surviving both the Killing Fields and a second horror never before documented. He was among 45,000 refugees who managed to escape to what they believed was safety in Thailand, only to be forced back over the Cambodian border to an area covered with landmines. (Content Warning: War, Genocide)

GHOST MOUNTAIN

The story of a Cambodian refugee, survivor of the Killing Fields and a second, never before documented horror, who was deported and forced back over the Cambodian border.

Q&amp;A moderated by Linh Nguyen with Chen-Wen Lo (director, In This Land We're Briefly Ghosts), Brian Redondo (director, Keep Saray Home), and James Taing (director, Ghost Mountain).

Southeast Asian Showcase Q&A

Moderated by Linh Nguyen with Chen-Wen Lo (director, In This Land We're Briefly Ghosts), Brian Redondo (director, Keep Saray Home), and James Taing (director, Ghost Mountain).

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The 9th annual Seattle Asian American Film Festival (SAAFF) presents our biggest film festival online from March 4-14, 2021. Most programs are available on-demand for the entire festival, but selected programmings are only available for a limited time. All films are only available to viewers in United States, while some films are geo-blocked to the US West Coast or Pacific Northwest regions. Please check each film program for viewing windows and geographic restrictions. To learn more about the festival schedule and live events, please visit www.seattleaaff.org. Purchase a Festival Pass or Ticket Package at bit.ly/saaffpass.

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