Essentially Amy (2023)
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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.
- Date of release
- 2023-06-25
- Runtime
- 15m
- Genres
- Drama, Family
- Director
- Ari Groobman
Casting
- Stacy Chu — Amy
- Ping Liu — Mom
- Jim Todd — Racist Man
- Seyi Ayorinde — Norm
- Brenda Valencia — Mia
- Heather Turman — Jules
- Hidekun Hah — Mr. Park
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