Not Your Model Minority showcases compelling tales of Asian Americans courageously standing up to challenge injustice.
Total Runtime: 77 minutes
Asian Bitches Speak | VS | Ān-dé-lǔ | The Well | Fighting Back | Buzz Cut
All Shorts Program available on-demand in the U.S. from Friday, October 18, 7:30PM until Monday, October 28, 2024, 12:00PM ET. The content must be started within the designated viewing window. Once started, you have up to 24 hours to finish playing the content or until the end of the viewing window – whichever comes first.
- Friday, Oct. 18 - Oct. 27
- Virtual On-Demand
Asian Bitches Speak
Directed by Janet Chen Ma
Documentary | 16 mins | English, Chinese with English subtitles | East Coast Premiere
After generations of cultural silence, years of pandemic anxiety, and one anti-Asian hate crime, queer filmmaker Janet takes her retired single mom Diana on a mental health discovery road trip. Along the way, they spill the tea about their own family history, and start the journey to healing.
Advisory: Mature themes: Discussions of anti-Asian hate, depression, self-harm and intergenerational trauma and healing.
VS
Directed by Jole Sanchez
Narrative | 11 mins | English, Tagalong with English subtitles | New England Premiere
Set in 1992, a Filipino kid working at his father’s liquor store seeks community through the arcade game Street Fighter II, but finds himself clashing with a local bully and ultimately at odds with his father.
Advisory: 13+ Strong language
Ān-dé-lǔ
Directed by Alan He
Narrative | 12 mins | English | New England Premiere
A young Chinese-American baseball player must confront his internalized racism after his overbearing father comes to his rescue.
Advisory: 13+ Strong language
The Well
Directed by Philip Miles Orduna and Sarah Young
Narrative | 15 mins | English | East Coast Premiere
An Asian-American man drives from his home in Chicago to a small lake town in rural Iowa, to confront a bar owner with whom he shares a traumatic childhood experience. What ensues is a tension-filled night where two men must find the courage to be honest and vulnerable with each other.
Advisory: 13+ Strong language
Fighting Back
Directed by Xiaoying Su
Documentary | 11 mins | English | New England Premiere
FIGHTING BACK follows Jessica Ng, a first-generation Hong Kong Chinese American and internationally recognized Muay Thai fighter. Her self-defense classes empower Asian American and Pacific Islander women at a time of an alarming rise of Anti-Asian hate crimes in New York City. FIGHTING BACK explores themes of love, energy and growth as Jessica navigates her identity, public responsibilities and newfound motherhood.
Buzz Cut
Directed by Kiersten Villanueva
Narrative| 11 mins | English, Tagalong with English subtitles | East Coast Premiere
Union City, CA 2013. During a student march to rename a middle school after Filipino labor leaders, a disillusioned transfer student enters a barbershop and asks for a buzz cut.
Advisory: 13+ Strong language
