An imaginative telling of the story of a Vietnamese American mother-daughter duo who, in their attempt to heal the rift between them, reenact and satirize scenes from celebrated Vietnam War films while depicting a diasporic reality. Two inventive storylines complicate The MOTHERLOAD to levels of absurdity. Both of these glide in and out beneath the narrative backbone of Jessca and Kim’s personal story, and reflect the stunning disconnect between the Vietnamese diaspora and the world’s understanding of their presence.
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- Released
- Production
- GladThing
Keywords
- vietnam war
- heist
- vietnamese
- hand puppet
- mother daughter relationship
- vietnamese woman
- vietnamese female director
- asian diaspora
- film critics
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Top Cast
Sang Tran as Kim
Van Tran Nguyen as Jessca
Top Crew
Van Tran Nguyen · Director, Writer
Alex Derwick · Director, Writer
EP Press · Cinematographer
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