SYNOPSIS
ICE doesn’t just separate families at the border. In the outskirts of Boston, three families face the impending threat of deportation. But as refugees from Cambodia and Vietnam, they know they’ll have to fight together to stay together.
documentary short, 2020
30 min
CREDITS
directed and produced by Brian Redondo
co-produced by Bethany Li, Kevin Lam
cinematography by Brian Redondo & Diana Diroy
edited by Jota Sosnowski & Brian Redondo
original music by Robert Ouyang Rusli
with support from Working Films and Asian American Resource Workshop
SCREENINGS
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Past Screenings and Awards:
Special Screening with US Rep. Ayanna Pressley
Boston, MA and online
Sep. 11 2020
Newburyport Documentary Film Festival
Newburyport, MA and online
Sep. 18 -24 2020
*Winner, Best Documentary Short
Global Peace Film Festival
Winter Park, FL and online
Sep. 21 - Oct. 4 2020
Awareness Film Festival
Los Angeles, CA and online
Oct. 4 2020
Chagrin Documentary Film Festival
Chagrin, OH and online
Oct. 6 - 11 2020
Boston Asian American Film Festival
Boston, MA and online
Oct. 22 2020
Dartmouth University
Hanover, NH
Oct. 29 2020
Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival
Philadelphia, PA and online
Nov. 5 - 15 2020
*Winner, Best Documentary Short
DePaul University
Chicago, IL
Nov. 10 2020
Anchorage International Film Festival
Anchorage, AK and online
Dec. 4 - 13 2020
*Runner Up, Audience Award for Documentary Short
Tufts University
Boston, MA
Dec. 7 2020
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Jan. 26 2021
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Jan. 28 2021
Seattle Asian American Film Festival
Seattle, WA and online
Mar. 4 - 14 2021
*Winner, Best Documentary Short
DisOrient Asian American Film Festival
Eugene, OR and online
Mar. 19 - 28 2021
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA and online
Mar. 20 2021
San Francisco, CA and online
May 13 - 23 2021
Houston AAPI Film Festival
Houston, TX and online
June 3 - 13 2021
Docs Without Borders Film Festival
May 2 2021
Austin Asian American Film Festival
Austin, TX
Jun. 4 - 20 2021
DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival
Washington, DC
Jul. 15 - 26 2021
Cambodia Town Film Festival
Long Beach, CA
Sep. 26 2021
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Los Angeles, CA
Sep. 29 2021
Special Jury Award for Editing, Documentary Short
Harvard Law School
Boston, MA
Oct. 13 2021
GET INVOLVED
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Tell your Congressmember to support the New Way Forward Act
What to Know about Southeast Asian Deportations (fact sheet)
Devastating Impact of Deportations on Southeast Asian Americans (fact sheet)
Help stop deportations of refugees with these organizations:
NATIONAL
BOSTON
Greater Boston Legal Services Asian Outreach Unit
Asian American Resource Workshop
NEW YORK
Southeast Asian Defense Project
NORTH CAROLINA
PHILADELPHIA
RHODE ISLAND
Providence Youth Student Movement
SAN FRANCISCO
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Learn more about this legislation that would help end the prison to deportation pipeline.