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ARMED WITH A CAMERA 2019

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ANGEL'S LANDING
After five years apart, brothers Andy and Nick reconnect at their childhood spot in downtown Los Angeles at the Angels Flight Railway. Andy wants to convince Nick to visit their sick father in the hospital, but must come to terms with his own inability to connect with his estranged brother.
COLOR-BLIND
Dahlia and Freddy have been having an affair for years. When their relationship comes to an explosive head because of Dahlia's refusal to leave her husband for Freddy, Freddy discovers that he may not know her as well as he thinks.
CURD
Ignored by her busy son, a lonely Indian mother in the US steps out of her comfort zone to make a new friend.
DAY BY DAY
This short documentary portrays an intimate look into the journey of a breast cancer survivor whose cancer has returned. She now lives with metastatic breast cancer but does not let it define who she is.
MEN HELPING WOMEN
An experimental exploration of the way male artists abuse their positions of power in lieu of mentorship. Voices speak back to a male monologue loosely consisting of “apologies” amidst sexual assault allegations, alluding that when there's more of us, we’re louder, and we’re not afraid.
PASSENGER
In a journal entry, a woman recounts the last moments before a relationship falls apart at the end of an anniversary trip. Through sharing her reflections on the past, she realizes she's ready to move on with a new life in her home country.
PORRIDGE
Eric was looking forward to sharing a rare family dinner with a friend, but it all turns sour because Dad is in a bad mood. And as difficult as it may be, Eric understands that Dad’s way of apologizing isn’t going to be the vocal kind.
TRAILS
A personal and experimental portrait of Orange County’s Little Saigon that expresses how memory is embodied in regards to a history of displacement, exploring what it means to belong to a place and what would lays ahead.
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Films from our 2019 Armed With a Camera Fellows

This short documentary portrays an intimate look into the journey of a breast cancer survivor whose cancer has returned. She now lives with metastatic breast cancer but does not let it define who she is.


This film was made as part of Visual Communications' Armed With a Camera Fellowship for Emerging Artists, which develops the next generation of Asian American and Pacific Islander artists to capture their world and stories.

  • Year
    2019
  • Runtime
    5 minutes
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Eleanor Cho
  • Executive Producer
    Visual Communications
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