Produced in association with Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) and the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), Southeast Asian American Journeys explores the stories of five local SEAA refugee communities who, while being shaped by their resettlement journeys, have transformed the landscape of which they are a fundamental part.
THE MARKET
dir. Oanh-Nhi Nguyen
prod. Quyên Nguyen-Le
The journey to the Southeast Asian Market in south Philadelphia’s FDR Park, founded by refugees who carved out their own space of nourishment and belonging.
THREADS
dir. & prod Quyên Nguyen-Le
A sprawling portrait of indigenous Montagnard Dega refugee community in North Carolina, threading intergenerational storytelling and history-making in the aftermath of the Viet Nam War.
TEB CHAW (LAND)
dir. Joua Lee Grande
prod. Quyên Nguyen-Le
Teb Chaw (Land) is an immersive portrait of Hmong refugee farmers transforming local foodways in a diversified Minnesota–home to one of the largest populations of the Hmong diaspora built in the aftermath of the Secret War in Laos.
MUOZ-DOIC MIXTAPE
dir. & prod Quyên Nguyen-Le
Muoz-doic Mixtape (pronounced: moo-ah thoy) is an offering of intergenerational storytelling from the Mien community of Portland, Oregon: a brief glimpse into the collective work of culture-keeping in the face of historical displacement.
BETWEEN US
dir. & prod Quyên Nguyen-Le
Between Us follows the multilayered stories of LGBTQIA+ Khmer and Vietnamese cultural workers in southern California as they contemplate the in-betweenness of belonging, healing, and carving out spaces of their own.
dir. Oanh-Nhi Nguyen
prod. Quyên Nguyen-Le
The journey to the Southeast Asian Market in south Philadelphia’s FDR Park, founded by refugees who carved out their own space of nourishment and belonging.
THREADS
dir. & prod Quyên Nguyen-Le
A sprawling portrait of indigenous Montagnard Dega refugee community in North Carolina, threading intergenerational storytelling and history-making in the aftermath of the Viet Nam War.
TEB CHAW (LAND)
dir. Joua Lee Grande
prod. Quyên Nguyen-Le
Teb Chaw (Land) is an immersive portrait of Hmong refugee farmers transforming local foodways in a diversified Minnesota–home to one of the largest populations of the Hmong diaspora built in the aftermath of the Secret War in Laos.
MUOZ-DOIC MIXTAPE
dir. & prod Quyên Nguyen-Le
Muoz-doic Mixtape (pronounced: moo-ah thoy) is an offering of intergenerational storytelling from the Mien community of Portland, Oregon: a brief glimpse into the collective work of culture-keeping in the face of historical displacement.
BETWEEN US
dir. & prod Quyên Nguyen-Le
Between Us follows the multilayered stories of LGBTQIA+ Khmer and Vietnamese cultural workers in southern California as they contemplate the in-betweenness of belonging, healing, and carving out spaces of their own.