Just by looking at someone, can you really see through the person? Some say they can, some don't dare to try. This compilation will explore layers of perception and the true meaning of self. Sometimes we are forced to unmask ourselves in order to stay true to our souls.
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21-year old Connie Chung confronts the intersections of race and gender, beauty and insecurity through debating eyelid surgery.
THE PERFECT WOMAN
(USA, 2008) Dir.: Anthony Ma
Video, 25 mins, Color, Narrative, English
In the late 1940s, a young Taiwanese man stumbles across the Land of the Women and experiences the pleasure and the pain of what he must go through to find his perfect woman.
THE PICNIC
(USA, 2008) Dir.: Michelle Chai
Video, 15 mins, Color, Narrative, English
A young couple takes their newly adopted son, Billy, on a picnic. But quality time turns into tragicomedy as Billy's idealism surprises them in a series of events involving a pet chameleon, a neglected girl, and Mom's umbrella.
A Korean American girl grapples with her insecurities and contemplates cosmetic surgery. The surgical procedure creates an epicanthic fold (or crease) in the eye to look more "Western."
RE: YOUR BALLS
(USA, 2009) Dir.: Mike Park
Video, 7 mins, Color, Narrative, English
An office worker becomes the victim of increasingly derogatory inter-office e-mails ostensibly sent by a buddy and trusted co-worker.
TOP ASIAN
(USA, 2008) Dir.: XD L
Video, 3 mins, Color, Narrative, English
Max is Asian and competitive...with other Asians. But when Max finds himself in the company of another Brothah, will he be able to claim the title of 'Top Asian'?
