Motherland
Director：Doris Yeung
Screenwriter：Doris Yeung
Cast：
Producer：Taro Goto
Cinematographer：Christopher Lockett
Running Time：93 mins
Region：USA
Year：2009
Language：English
Production Company：
SYNOPSIS
After a long absence abroad, a young Asian American woman Raffi Tang (Françoise Yip) is called home when her estranged mother is murdered. She becomes increasingly drawn into a web of deception and incompetence while at the same time dealing with her own grief. Equal parts noir thriller and dysfunctional family drama, Doris Yeung’s bold debut feature is a sobering tale of the pursuit of the American Dream.
Director Biography
<p>Doris Yeung Writer | Producer | Director</p><p>Doris Yeung was born in San Francisco, 1977 and raised in Hong Kong, SAR and California. She has written and directed films in China, Europe and the US and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and the Bejing Film Academy with degrees in Art History and Directing. She was also a Directing Fellow at the American Film Institute and has directed and written many experimental and narrative films including the short film “Dance” which won the Worldfest Houston award for Best Short.Her films have played at the Director’s Guild of America, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and at numerous film festivals around the world.</p>
Director's Statement
<p>MOTHERLAND examines the destruction of an immigrant family because of the so-called American Dream. The Western concept of personal suc- cess and happiness has come at the expense of traditional societal and familial harmony. Millions of people immigrate to the U.S. in search of a better life, but what happens afterwards? I have seen the dark side of these aspirations tear my family apart. My personal tragedy drove me to make MOTHERLAND, a fictionalized account of the American Dream turned into nightmare.</p>
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