BITTERROOT
Directed by Vera Brunner-SungCast: April Charlo, Gia Vang, Qu Kue, Wa Yang
- Narrative Features
- USA
- Arthouse, Drama, Environmental, Family, Spiritual
- English, Hmong
- Subtitled
- 2024
- 86 mins
- Los Angeles premiere
Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A.
Reeling from a failed marriage and seeking solace and a new perspective, a Hmong man cares for his aging mother amidst the deceptively tranquil landscape of rural Montana.
Film Content Advisory: Grief, Emotional Pain, Intergenerational Trauma, Alcohol, Implied Miscarriage
Credits
Writer: Vera Brunner-Sung
Producer: Kazua Melissa Vang, YEEJ, Ki Jin Kim, Giulia Caruso, Karin Chien
Executive Producer: Robina Riccitiello, Jason Diamond, Josh Diamond, Susan Rockefeller, Tim Korn, Jeff Sousa, Vera Brunner-Sung
Director of Photography: Ki Jin Kim
Editor: Vera Brunner-Sung
Production Designer: YEEJ
Composer: Carla Patullo
Sound Designer: Tim Korn
Preceded By
Home-land: Hmong American Women
Directed by Pader Xiong
This short film explores the identities, pursuits, and making of Home-land across various Hmong American Women.
Dates & Times
AMC Atlantic Times Square 14
May 3, 2025
3:00 pm