Consciously or not, for better and for worse, life is shaped by the decisions we and others have made in the past. In “Make Way for Tomorrow”, we encounter a number of characters and real-life individuals remembering, reminiscing, honoring, or mourning their pasts. One pair of films gracefully handle the emotions of young Vietnamese American women losing their parents (I Want You to Live and Video Funeral), learning more about themselves and their parents in the wake of loss. Meanwhile, The Resting Place: Nơi An Nghỉ documents how a group of Vietnamese Americans from the Tacoma area in Washington state banded together to established a shared cemetery to honor members who have passed.
The three other films in this set have less to do with death, and find their answers among those still here. Golden Seams of Love unpackages the seemingly tense relationship between the filmmaker’s parents, and how it abides, despite their many vehement disagreements. Meanwhile, Homeseek and Family flow like dreams – the former transporting a grandmother to her childhood and the latter a musical interlude influenced by the filmmaker’s child memories within a Vietnamese Hungarian family in ‘90s Budapest. – Eric Nong
“The Resting Place” tells the story of how the Vietnamese community in Tacoma came together to establish a shared cemetery to honor members who have passed. This project began as an effort to provide services to those without the means for a proper burial. Through the establishment of the Vietnamese Community for Mutual Support of Pierce County, Washington, leaders in the community partnered with a local cemetery to honor the important passage from life to death.
“The Resting Place” is one installment in the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation’s “Our Communities, Our Neighbors” film series. CRPF is working with cultural communities in Tacoma to create short films that tell stories about these communities, shaped through active participation by community members. This project series is funded by the Tacoma Creates project, a voter-approved initiative to increase access to arts, culture, heritage, and science experiences throughout Tacoma. The final videos for “Our Communities, Our Neighbors” will be free and available online as educational resources.
- Year2022
- Runtime24 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Vietnamese
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorKate Hoyt, Hallie Harper
- ProducerTina Huynh, Greg Youtz, Theresa Pan Hosley
Consciously or not, for better and for worse, life is shaped by the decisions we and others have made in the past. In “Make Way for Tomorrow”, we encounter a number of characters and real-life individuals remembering, reminiscing, honoring, or mourning their pasts. One pair of films gracefully handle the emotions of young Vietnamese American women losing their parents (I Want You to Live and Video Funeral), learning more about themselves and their parents in the wake of loss. Meanwhile, The Resting Place: Nơi An Nghỉ documents how a group of Vietnamese Americans from the Tacoma area in Washington state banded together to established a shared cemetery to honor members who have passed.
The three other films in this set have less to do with death, and find their answers among those still here. Golden Seams of Love unpackages the seemingly tense relationship between the filmmaker’s parents, and how it abides, despite their many vehement disagreements. Meanwhile, Homeseek and Family flow like dreams – the former transporting a grandmother to her childhood and the latter a musical interlude influenced by the filmmaker’s child memories within a Vietnamese Hungarian family in ‘90s Budapest. – Eric Nong
“The Resting Place” tells the story of how the Vietnamese community in Tacoma came together to establish a shared cemetery to honor members who have passed. This project began as an effort to provide services to those without the means for a proper burial. Through the establishment of the Vietnamese Community for Mutual Support of Pierce County, Washington, leaders in the community partnered with a local cemetery to honor the important passage from life to death.
“The Resting Place” is one installment in the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation’s “Our Communities, Our Neighbors” film series. CRPF is working with cultural communities in Tacoma to create short films that tell stories about these communities, shaped through active participation by community members. This project series is funded by the Tacoma Creates project, a voter-approved initiative to increase access to arts, culture, heritage, and science experiences throughout Tacoma. The final videos for “Our Communities, Our Neighbors” will be free and available online as educational resources.
- Year2022
- Runtime24 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Vietnamese
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorKate Hoyt, Hallie Harper
- ProducerTina Huynh, Greg Youtz, Theresa Pan Hosley