DORIS YEUNG
“Millions of people immigrate to America because of the promise of the American Dream,” says the directors’ statement of the new film Motherland, “but what happens afterwards?” Chinese-American filmmaker Doris Yeung is attempting to find out. The film concerns an Asian American woman who returns home upon her mother’s murder, only to be drawn into a long-hidden web of lies within her family. Motherland is currently making waves on the film festival circuit, including an upcoming stint at the Beijing Queer Festival. The former directing fellow at the American Film Institute is known for her work in both experimental and narrative films, finding insight from mere threads of thoughts. “I’m inspired when I have an idea or feeling seemingly out of the blue,” says Yeung, “and it stays with me bugging me until I make it a reality.” –SJ