As her sophomore year of high school comes to an end, Eng tries to find a sense of belonging within the two worlds that don't accept her.
Acting
Terry Hu's face does EVERYTHING. Devastating restraint.
Direction
Erica Eng packs a feature's worth of nuance into 17 minutes.
Editing
Sharp cuts mirror Eng's fractured sense of self.
Director
Erica Eng
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on director Erica Eng's own experiences as a Chinese-American in Oakland's Black community. The specificity is the universality.
Won the 2021 Student Academy Award and got Eng a development deal—rare for a thesis short. The locker room scene alone rewrote what student films could do.
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