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THE MOTHERLOAD

THE MOTHERLOAD

Losing The American Lore in Vietnam

•1h 32m
ComedyDramaAdventure

An imaginative telling of the story of a Vietnamese American mother-daughter duo who, in their attempt to heal the rift between them, reenact and satirize scenes from celebrated Vietnam War films while depicting a diasporic reality. Two inventive storylines complicate The MOTHERLOAD to levels of absurdity. Both of these glide in and out beneath the narrative backbone of Jessca and Kim’s personal story, and reflect the stunning disconnect between the Vietnamese diaspora and the world’s understanding of their presence.

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Production

GladThing

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Sang Tran

Kim

Van Tran Nguyen

Jessca

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