Hmong Funeral Documentary Project
Filmmakers Kazua Melissa Vang, Yeej Moua, and May Lee-Yang will complete a documentary that look at how the pandemic transformed the way the Twin Cities Hmong community say goodbye to the dead.
2022-2023 Cultural Heritage and Community Identity Grants - Spring 2022
We will commission original work by a Hmong choreographer.
We will commission a Hmong musician to compose original music for our documentary.
We will complete the shooting of B-roll for our documentary.
We will edit a complete documentary (approximately 90-minute) .
We will host one community viewing party to watch an early version of the documentary followed by a community conversation. Our goal is to reach 100 audience members.
We will submit the final documentary into 5 film festivals.
So far, we have shot some interviews and collected B-roll. However, we need more time to work with a choreographer and musician to create additional B-roll footage for the documentary.
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Joua Lee Grande, Documentary Filmmaker.
Lee Vue, Intersectional Storyteller