Being part of any family comes with joys and heartaches. For the Asian American creators featured in this program, it might look like a young family reuniting across oceans, like in Hello from Taiwan or Magic Kingdom. It can also look like the journeys back in time featured in Herselves or Mango Baby, reflecting on those who came before. Across these narrative and documentary short films, characters come to terms with how their families have deeply shaped them.
Co-presented by Kin On and Asian Counseling Referral Services (ACRS)
HERSELVES is a documentary that unearths the complexities of the relationship between a Korean American daughter and her immigrant mother. As the filmmaker creates her own images of her mother’s life before motherhood, difficult questions of freedom, authorship, and filial responsibility emerge.
- Year2020
- Runtime9 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Korean
- CountryUnited States
- NoteEnglish Subtitles
- DirectorKristy Choi
- CastCindy Choi, Insun Choi, Kristy Choi
Being part of any family comes with joys and heartaches. For the Asian American creators featured in this program, it might look like a young family reuniting across oceans, like in Hello from Taiwan or Magic Kingdom. It can also look like the journeys back in time featured in Herselves or Mango Baby, reflecting on those who came before. Across these narrative and documentary short films, characters come to terms with how their families have deeply shaped them.
Co-presented by Kin On and Asian Counseling Referral Services (ACRS)
HERSELVES is a documentary that unearths the complexities of the relationship between a Korean American daughter and her immigrant mother. As the filmmaker creates her own images of her mother’s life before motherhood, difficult questions of freedom, authorship, and filial responsibility emerge.
- Year2020
- Runtime9 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Korean
- CountryUnited States
- NoteEnglish Subtitles
- DirectorKristy Choi
- CastCindy Choi, Insun Choi, Kristy Choi