The Motherload
“Losing The American Lore in Vietnam”
2024•1h 32m•Released
ComedyDramaAdventure
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.
Director
Van Tran Nguyen
Writer
Van Tran Nguyen, Alex Derwick
Studio
GladThing
Cast
Sang Tran
Kim
Van Tran Nguyen
Jessca
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