Made in collaboration with THAO and Marion Hoàng Ngọc Hill, Nguyen's film Amongst the Disquiet, 2024, speaks to the ties that bind within a multigenerational Vietnamese family based in New Orleans. Through interwoven vignettes told through dialogue and songs, the film winds through the challenges, longings, and affections between family members. On the one hand, there is the loss and pain of a sibling's suicide. The living and the deceased attempt to communicate with each other across the divide of death. On the other hand, there is change: another adult sibling wishes to leave New Orleans in pursuit of better economic opportunities in Houston. Finally, there are the memories of the grandfather, a veteran and refugee of the war in Vietnam. Having been forced to abandon his home country, he cannot imagine leaving his community in New Orleans. Through the perspective of multiple generations and even the dead, the film probes: What makes a home when home is left behind? Where is home when loved ones are gone? Does home live within us? Or where we bury our dead? Courtesy of the artists and James Cohan NY. Support for this project was provided by Duettist, the New Orleans Tourism and Culture Fund, and Prospect 6. (from tuanandrewnguyen.com)

Buras, Louisiana, United States

Bay Pomme d'or

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