Guaranteed to make your mouths water, Serving Family Style highlights stories about the preparation and enjoyment of the meals we share with our loved ones, and how they play into the shaping of our own identities.
Total Runtime: 88 minutes
UpsideDown | Mother’s Tongue | When You Left Me On That Boulevard | Lunchbox | Breaking Fast with a Coca Cola | BENKYODO: The Last Manju Shop in J-Town
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UpsideDown
Directed by Razan Ghalayini
9 mins | English, Punjabi, and Cantonese, Subtitles when English not spoken | New England Premiere
Mother’s Tongue
Directed by Vanesa Millado
14 mins | English |
After moving out of her family home and being estranged from her mother, Gurleen yearns to reconnect with her Punjabi culture through cooking. But as she attempts to do so, she quickly realizes she’s missing a crucial element, her mother’s touch.
When You Left Me On That Boulevard
Directed by Kayla Abuda Galang
13 mins | English, Tagalog | Boston Premiere
Teenager Ly and her cousins get high before a boisterous family Thanksgiving at their auntie’s house in southeast San Diego in 2006.
Advisory: Slightly strong language
Lunchbox
Directed by Anne Hu
16 mins | English, Mandarin, Subtitles when English not spoken | Boston Premiere
When a Taiwanese American woman prepares lunches from her childhood, she struggles to forgive herself for pushing away her immigrant mother.
Advisory: 13+, Strong Language
Breaking Fast with a Coca Cola
Directed by Amy Yasmine Omar
14 mins | English, Turkish, Closed Captioning | Boston Premiere
After growing up in the secular households of their Turkish immigrant parents in the Midwest, Özlem and Ada are desperate to celebrate a tradition of their own. Together, they embark on a day of fasting and feasting for Ramadan and embrace their cultural differences along the way.
BENKYODO: The Last Manju Shop in J-Town
Directed by Akira Boch, Tadashi Nakamura
17 mins | English
Ricky and Bobby Okamura wrestle with closing their beloved family-owned manju shop after serving the San Francisco Japantown community for 115 years.
