Image courtesy of Tony Nguyen.
Join the Pao Arts Center and VietAid for a screening of short films with Vietnamese American filmmaker Tony Nguyen. Based in Oakland California, Nguyen’s work focuses on Asian-American stories and particularly, the Vietnamese-American identity. At the screening, we will feature works including, Giap’s Last Day at the Ironing Board Factory, a PBS-broadcasted story about Nguyen’s relationship with his mom, and Fresh Frozen, an Oakland-based short about the local fish sandwich store ‘Catered To You’. A Q&A session will follow after the screening with Nguyen and moderator, Carro Hua, VietAid's Youth Programs Assistant Director. Light refreshments will be served.
About the artist: Tony Nguyen made his directorial debut with Enforcing the Silence (2011), which the Los Angeles Times called “an uplifting portrait” of slain journalist Lam Duong, the first Vietnamese to be assassinated in America. His personal film, Giap’s Last Day at the Ironing Board Factory, winner of the 2015 CAAMFest Loni Ding Award for social issue documentary, streamed and broadcast nationally on PBS. His short film, Fresh Frozen, premiered at the California film institute's inaugural DocLands Documentary Film Festival in 2017. Tony lives in Oakland, California.
Directions: The Pao Arts Center is located in the One Greenway building, 99 Kneeland Street. For GPS driving directions, use 66 Hudson Street, Boston, MA 02111. From Hudson Street, walk up the stairs and across the deck to the 99 Albany Street entrance. The public parking garage entrance is on Hudson Street. The Pao Arts Center is accessible by the MBTA green, red, and orange lines.
Contact: Vanessa Woo | 617-863-9080