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Essentially Amy (2023)
Directed by Ari Groobman
“How can I help you today?”
Drama, Family · 15m
Amy is a young Chinese-American girl working at her local grocery store during the height of the pandemic. Amy must confront growing racism towards Asian-Americans, while at home, she must mitigate her mother’s expectations and personal bias towards African-Americans. After a brutal assault, Amy and her family must reevaluate their perceptions, and Amy must come to terms with who she really is and what she really wants.
Cast
Stacy Chu
Brenda Valencia
Heather Turman
Crew
- Director
- Ari Groobman
- Writer
- Ari Groobman
- Director of Photography
- Ryan Ramsey
- Editor
- Olivia Sorley
- Producer
- Mitchell Schwartz, Ben O'Keefe, Selena Leoni
Details
- Release date
- 2023-06-25
- Runtime
- 15m
- Genres
- Drama, Family
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Mandarin, English, Spanish
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Creator Plus, My Dad Thinks I'm Funny
- Budget
- $25,000