Ace is a lonely art student who struggles with perfectionism. A charcoal drawing of a hyperrealistic eye he created in the past haunts him as he tries to create new artworks in the present. He attends an art exhibition of Vivian, an artist who creates abstract, colorful paintings about her family's history. There, he interacts with Marian, an older Asian lady, and his feelings about Vivian's art are revealed as judgmental and not "good art." He comes to realize that Marian is actually Vivian's mother, and the exhibition is based on the harm Vivian and her family faced due to the radiation following the nuclear blast in Nagasaki. Ace's internally conflicted, and talks to Vivian later about his views on art. Vivian tells him a radically different way of viewing art, which prompts Ace to create something by destroying the art of the past to create something new.

Director Biography - Hank Yang

Hank began his journey into fiction filmmaking when he realized there is a lack of Asian American writers and directors telling our experiences in the world. Hank was born in Seoul, South Korea, and moved around from California, Mississippi, Florida, and Illinois throughout his life. He graduates from Northwestern University with a Bachelor's of Science in Journalism and minors in Religious Studies.