Southeast Asian American American Journeys

Join the People's Cinema Club for a screening of Southeast Asian American American Journeys, dir. by Quyen Nguyen-Le. Hosted by PAAFF.
About this Event

About the Film
Southeast Asian American American Journeys

Presented with five chapters, SOUTHEAST ASIAN AMERICAN JOURNEYS follows different refugee communities across the United States: The Market is the journey to the Southeast Asian Market in south Philadelphia’s FDR Park. Threads paints a sprawling portrait of indigenous Montagnard refugee community in North Carolina, threading intergenerational history-making. Teb Chaw (Land) is an immersive vignette of Hmong farmers transforming local foodways in a diversified Minnesota. Muoz-Doic Mixtape is an offering of intergenerational storytelling from the Iu Mien community of Portland, Oregon. Between Us follows the multilayered stories of queer Cambodian and Vietnamese cultural workers in southern California.

Documentary Feature (2025)

Runtime: 70 min

Language: Lao, Khmer, Bunong, Hmong, Mienh, Vietnamese

Dir. Quyen Nguyen-Le, Joua Lee Grande, Oanh-Nhi Nguyen

Note: English subtitles are available for this screening.

People’s Cinema Club is a new microcinema powered by BlackStar at the Village of Industry and Art.

The cinema club hosts intimate screenings for local audiences right in the heart of Center City Philadelphia. People’s Cinema Club is a collaboration between BlackStar Projects, cinéSPEAK, Philadelphia Latino Arts & Film Festival, and Philadelphia Asian American Film Foundation.

People’s Cinema Club is made possible through support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The Village of Industry & Art is a center for creativity, craft, and community in the heart of Philadelphia.

Learn more about Philadelphia Asian American Film Foundation here: https://paaff.org/

Visiting Us

Accessibility

The Village of Industry & Art is a historic building with inherited facilities. For ADA access, please enter at the Pine Street Entrance (1431 Pine Street), where a staff member will guide you to the screening room.

If you require accessible entrance, please contact us at [email protected]

Film captions: English subtitles are available for this screening.

Parking

The Village of Industry & Art is located in Center City. There is no on-site parking available. It is suggested that visitors use SEPTA or rideshare when possible. Uber and Lyfts’ VIA pin will drop you off at 320 S. Broad Street (VIA's main entrance).

More accessibility information can be found .

Photography & Videography

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