sống ở đây | to live here

Exploring the intimacy of the mundane, sống ở đây focuses on the lives of Vietnamese shrimpers and elderly farmers in New Orleans, understanding the reverberations of the past, present in day to day labor.

 

2020 | 21 mins | documentary

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Awards

• Nominated for 36th Annual IDA Documentary Awards

• 2022 Houston Cinema Arts Society Border | No Border Best Documentary Film

• SDAFF - Special Jury Mention Award Winner

• AIFF44 - Excellence in Short Filmmaking Finalist

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Screenings

• EarthX Film Festival // May 12-15, 2022

• New Orleans Film Festival // Nov 5-21, 2021

• New Filmmakers LA DocuSlate // Nov 5-6, 2021

• San Diego Asian Film Fest // Oct 28-Nov 6, 2021

• Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival // Nov 4-14, 2021

• 44th Asian American International Film Festival // Aug 11-22, 2021

• Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival // Aug 25-29, 2021

• 17th Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival // June 11-13, 2021

• 16th Annual Davis Feminist Film Festival // May 28-30, 2021

• CAAMFest 2021 // May 13-23, 2021

• Seattle Asian American Film Festival // March 4-14, 2021

• UCSC AA/PIRC Screening & Conversation // Jan 28, 2021

• 14th Annual UCSC Social Documentation Screening // June 15 - Aug 21, 2020

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Press

• Three UCSC film alumni recognized by International Documentary Association

• IDA Announces 36th Annual IDA Documentary Awards Shortlists for Feature and Short Documentaries

• UCSC SocDoc Students Talk About Their Thesis Films

• SocDoc Filmmaker Takes a Fresh Look at Food Identity Politics