In this screening intended for secondary school students (but is suitable for older viewers, too), each of these six films – three documentaries, three narrative shorts – asks questions of perseverance in times of personal or communal strife or displacement. Among the documentaries, Conversations at the Register and In Living Memory take a look at the familial and communal impact of two Southeast Asian American-owned businesses in Southern California. The Waves Now Calm is a personal reflection of the plight of the Boat People, as well as a document of a Malaysian fisherman’s reflections of the former refugee camp on Bidong Island.
The narrative half of this set features a young Vietnamese American teenager seeking to more fully express herself in Hyphen, despite the linguistic barriers she faces in communicating with her grandmother. A duo of athletic stories feature young protagonists with differing motivations – sporting accomplishment (Match Point) and simple self-confidence (Dawn of Skates). – Eric Nong
Raj Sharma and Thao Luong are two first-generation Australians who cross paths at the annual badminton competition. As they play out an intense battle, their hardship and journey to this path are revealed, asking the question, what will win: passion or desperation? For Raj winning this competition means convincing his mother of his worth in the world of badminton. For Thao, it’s all about the prize money that will help save his mother’s life.
- Year2022
- Runtime12 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Hindi, Vietnamese
- CountryAustralia
- DirectorAlisha Mehra
- ScreenwriterLela Turner
- ProducerMaxine Zanoni, Alisha Mehra
- CastKaivu Suvarna, Andrew Dang
In this screening intended for secondary school students (but is suitable for older viewers, too), each of these six films – three documentaries, three narrative shorts – asks questions of perseverance in times of personal or communal strife or displacement. Among the documentaries, Conversations at the Register and In Living Memory take a look at the familial and communal impact of two Southeast Asian American-owned businesses in Southern California. The Waves Now Calm is a personal reflection of the plight of the Boat People, as well as a document of a Malaysian fisherman’s reflections of the former refugee camp on Bidong Island.
The narrative half of this set features a young Vietnamese American teenager seeking to more fully express herself in Hyphen, despite the linguistic barriers she faces in communicating with her grandmother. A duo of athletic stories feature young protagonists with differing motivations – sporting accomplishment (Match Point) and simple self-confidence (Dawn of Skates). – Eric Nong
Raj Sharma and Thao Luong are two first-generation Australians who cross paths at the annual badminton competition. As they play out an intense battle, their hardship and journey to this path are revealed, asking the question, what will win: passion or desperation? For Raj winning this competition means convincing his mother of his worth in the world of badminton. For Thao, it’s all about the prize money that will help save his mother’s life.
- Year2022
- Runtime12 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Hindi, Vietnamese
- CountryAustralia
- DirectorAlisha Mehra
- ScreenwriterLela Turner
- ProducerMaxine Zanoni, Alisha Mehra
- CastKaivu Suvarna, Andrew Dang