Americanized

Directed by Erica Eng · Starring Terry Hu, Amber Gaston, Shannon Dang, Charles Yan · 2021

A Chinese American teen in Oakland's hip-hop scene sits on the bench of her basketball team and is called "Americanized" by Asian classmates, searching for where she belongs.

A sharp, personal coming-of-age story about falling between two worlds as a teenager.

Growing up in Oakland’s hip-hop culture, Eng struggles with her Chinese American identity. To her high school basketball team, she’s just that girl who sits on the bench; but to the Asian kids she’s "Americanized." As he

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