This was a very special night I won't forget. I had stepped out of the theater (because I've seen the film a million times,) and when I came back in, my father was standing there, watching from the back row. My heart trilled and I'm surprised I didn't ugly cry. As a second generation Vietnamese kid, the daughter of a war refugee going into film, I …

“Nailed It,” produced by filmmaker Adele Pham, sets out to answer the question: Why are so many nail salons run by people of Vietnamese heritage? Pham grew up in Portland, and back for several screenings of the film this week. Listen to the interview on OPB here: https://www.spreaker.com/user/oregonpublicbroadcasting/documentary-looks-at-vietnamese…

The Nailed It screening and Q&A at UC Riverside was organized by Southeast Asia: Text, Ritual, and Performance (SEATRiP)at UC Riverside, PHD candidate Justin Pham, and Violette Ho who moderated the conversation after the film.Bởi State of Oregon Podcast

ECHS' AASA students hosted a community screening of Nailed It and moderated the following discussion. One of our best screenings to date. Meeting high school students of this caliber make me more hopeful about the future! Thank you to educator Julie Vo for bringing me into the fold of this special school.…

Q&A from Nailed It's UCLA screening 10/22/19 moderated by Prof. Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi. Co-presented by the Institute of American Cultures, Asian American Studies Center, Southeast Asian Studies Center & The Dept of Asian Languages and Cultures.Bởi State of Oregon Podcast