FILM
Ambitious Series created by Samantha K. Tan and Jenna Lam
Script Supervisor
Ambitious is a 6 episode drama-comedy series that follows an impatient, bold Vietnamese-Cambodian-American girl who navigates her new life as a college-dropout despite her immigrant mother's plans for her. This series dives into college pressure, academic and financial illiteracy, sexual identities, interracial relationships and balancing your own expectations with your family’s expectations. Partnering with 3 Left Handed Women and working with El Ride Productions, Ambitious was accepted into the 2022 Sundance & TAAF Fellowship and also got awarded with a $25,000 grant from Independent Public Media Foundation in November 2022. Soon after, the Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia became Ambitious LLC's fiscal sponsor.
Craft Services Production Assistant/Set Production Assistant
In celebration of our centennial, the Barnes
commissioned Once Again . . . (Statues Never Die),
an immersive five-screen installation by artist and
filmmaker Sir Isaac Julien, CBE RA (b. London, 1960).
The work explores the relationship between Dr. Albert C. Barnes, who was an early US collector and exhibitor of African material culture, and the famed philosopher and cultural critic Alain Locke, known as the “Father of the Harlem Renaissance.”
Once Again . . . (Statues Never Die) looks at Dr. Barnes’s and Alain Locke’s storied relationship, its mutually formative critical dialogue, and its significant impact on their work as cultural critics, educators, organizers, and activists on behalf of various African American causes.
With his distinguished career as a maker of deeply thoughtful and compelling video installations, his commitment to the investigation of African diasporic politics and culture, and his abiding interest in the Harlem Renaissance, Isaac Julien is the perfect partner for the Barnes in bringing this lesser-known chapter of the Foundation’s history to light.
The exhibition includes works by sculptors Richmond Barthé (1901–1989) and Matthew Harrison (b. 1989) and selected African objects from the Barnes collection.
A Taste of China directed by Adam Chhour
Script Supervisor
A Chinese immigrant opens a takeout to make a better life for their family.
A story about dreams, sacrifice, and family.
Glass Bricks directed by Simone Holland
Production Assistant/Grip
GLASS BRICKS is an ode to staying soft through hard times. This two part short film pays homage to the past, while giving thanks to the present. A open-face love letter to self, to those we lost, and to fighting for those still holding on.
Love You Right (2021)
Film Marketing Intern
A series of events spiral out of control, shattering the R&B star's fame, fortune & friendships. To regain perspective, the R&B star must battle with self-love and reconnect with what's truly important -- love. This unique story stands out amongst the stories of pain and hardship to remind people of the power of love & true friendship.
Bathroom Troll (2018)
Extra
After Cassie gets tormented for not “looking like a girl” in the school bathroom, a demonic vengeance troll awakens to avenge her — only making the nightmare worse.