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Cast

Tony Nguyen

Tony Nguyen

Himself

Giap Thi Nguyen

Giap Thi Nguyen

Herself

Crew

Tony Nguyen

Tony Nguyen

Director

Steven Okazaki

Steven Okazaki

Producer

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Giap's Last Day At The Ironing Board Factory

20150.0 / 1025 min
Documentary

Overview

A short film about a Vietnamese American woman and her son, adapting to life in small town America.

In 1975, a seven-months pregnant Vietnamese refugee, Giap, escapes Saigon in a boat and, within weeks, finds herself working on an assembly line in Seymour, Indiana. 35 years later, her aspiring filmmaker son, Tony, decides to document her final day of work at the last ironing board factory in America.