Official Selection at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival
Director // Oanh-Nhi Nguyen
Illustrators // Kim (TK) Dinh & Tien Pham
Animators // Emily Delp Poppa & Andrew Czudak
This four-part docu-series presented by VietLead, sheds light on the little-known yet powerful stories of Southeast Asians who resettled in Philadelphia after the Vietnam War. This series not only unearths the trauma passed down through generations but also recognizes the power of a united Southeast Asian community coming together in resistance. Step by step, they deconstructed the narrative presented to them and rewrote their own narrative in America.
Our animation team took great care to guide the audience through difficult stories with beautiful and thoughtful animations. We used illustration and animation to fill in the gaps of stories being told: showing the history of the traumatic events our leads experienced but reinterpreting them visually to show the resilience and beauty that remained within them.
Process breakdown from sketch, to outline, to color and animation
Early sketches and animatics
Early mood board and story outlines