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A look at the history, perceptions, and evolution of the Indian-American community.

A documentary about a group of inner-city kids who spend six weeks creating, writing, and rehearsing their own original play with music and dance. Throughout the process, the kids discover ways to work their own lives into the play, but with rivalries, street violence, and family drama, will the show be ready when the curtain rises?

"Shall We Sing?"is a story of the New York Men's Choir, composed of fifty Japanese businessmen living in New York. Following their rehearsals, training camp, and concerts over the course of the year, this documentary provides a glimpse into the lives of the members far away from their home country and bound by their love for singing.

After 30 years of cold war, Taiwan and China finally opened cross-strait trade and tourism in 1980. However, through decades of political and educational vilification of their counterparts by the KMT and CCP, and despite close economic and cultural ties, what lies beneath the diplomatic relations is a disconnect and mistrust that cannot be denied. KE is a failed business in Taiwan who hopes to start over as a 'Taiwanese Expat' in Shenzheng, China with a Taiwanese company. Lili, a laborer from China, meets her Taiwanese husband online and moves to Taiwan in hopes of a better life. Both KE and Lili cross the straits in hope of achieving what they cannot find in their homeland. But how much do they really know about that country across the straits?

Exploring parallels between the desolate landscape of East Texas and the strange routines of a lonely grandmother. A fragmentary document of her day to day life, the film investigates themes of memory, loss, and isolation. The video and sound tracks were composed entirely from materials collected in Midland, Texas at Christmastime.