Essentially Amy

Directed by Ari Groobman · Starring Stacy Pan Chu, Ping Liu, Brenda Valencia, Seyi Ayorinde · 2023

A Chinese American teen working at a grocery store during the pandemic faces rising anti-Asian hostility, while confronting her mother's expectations and prejudices at home.

A timely, layered drama examining racism from both outside and inside one family during COVID.

A young Chinese American girl working at her local grocery store during the height of the pandemic must confront growing racism towards Asian Americans while mitigating her mother’s expectations and personal bias towards

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