Dominick Parungao is a Filipino-American filmmaker currently living in New Jersey. As with many Aapi filmmakers, the attacks on Asian Americans after Trump’s accusations regarding Covid, were a source of inspiration, with “The Indifference Between Us” focusing exactly on this topic through the relationship of a Chinese-American girl with her grandmother.
“The Indifference Between Us ” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
The 10-minute short begins in the kitchen, where Ellen, an elderly Chinese woman is “nagging” to her granddaughter, Maia, about the difficulties her generation faced when they first came to the US, and how easy kids these days have it. The girl is polite, but essentially indifferent, not taking her eyes off her smart phone. Eventually, she gets up to leave, but before that, she promises her grandmother to accompany her to the market. A bit later, she meets her girlfriends, and the three of...
“The Indifference Between Us ” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
The 10-minute short begins in the kitchen, where Ellen, an elderly Chinese woman is “nagging” to her granddaughter, Maia, about the difficulties her generation faced when they first came to the US, and how easy kids these days have it. The girl is polite, but essentially indifferent, not taking her eyes off her smart phone. Eventually, she gets up to leave, but before that, she promises her grandmother to accompany her to the market. A bit later, she meets her girlfriends, and the three of...
- 6/11/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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