Weekend Passport: Lao-American Filmmaker Showcases Her Own ‘Origin Story’
By Ashish Valentine
Weekend Passport: Lao-American Filmmaker Showcases Her Own ‘Origin Story’
By Ashish Valentine
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Every Friday, our global citizen, Nari Safavi, joins Worldview to show listeners how to travel the world over the weekend without ever leaving Chicago. Today, Nari offers up a number of ways to learn about Asian American communities, including at the 24th Annual Asian American Showcase at the Gene Siskel Film Center. We are joined by Kulap Vilaysack, a child of Lao refugees whose debut documentary Origin Story is playing in the showcase.The film chronicles a road trip into Vilaysack’s complicated past and the aftermath of a traumatic family fight. She explains how that trauma is her basis for comedy. Vilaysack has also acted in a number of TV shows, including The Office and Parks and Recreation, and she co-hosts the podcast Who Charted?
