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shareBaked into the fevered pulse of America’s heartland and the dusty sweat of the landlocked, these four riveting, tender, and poetic films feature Asian American stories from Arkansas, Iowa, Wyoming, and a mythical Midwest.
Post-screening Q&A scheduled with filmmakers.
In this program
Wouldn’t Make It Any Other Way
Directed by Hao Zhou
In Iowa, Marc is liberated wearing Lolita. But when the costume designer returns to Guam, will homecoming offer career opportunities at the sacrifice of their queer self-expression?
Wild Hogs and Saffron
Directed by Andy Sarjahani
In the Ozarks, two high school friends, Bubba Samuels and filmmaker Andy Sarjahani, reconnect as adults. As they prepare for a hog hunt, they ask each other questions about their shared past, trying to see each other more clearly from a new perspective of distance.
Rock Springs
Directed by David Huang
Close-knit Chinese immigrant miners in Wyoming wait to hear from a loved one in the days before a tragedy that befell them all. Based on a true event largely unknown in American history.
My Life Is Wind (a letter)
Directed by Anahita Ghazvinizadeh
Recent refugee Myriam writes letters back home to her grandmother during the first strange weeks of being resettled in the Midwest. From 2017 SDAFF Emerging Filmmaker Award winner Anahita Ghazvinizadeh.
