A very sweet film about Taiwanese Americans and the struggle of being first-generation immigrants. Set in 2008, in the summer between 8th and 9th grades, this beautiful coming-of-age comedy follows 13-year-old Chris – whom friends call Wang Wang and his family calls Didi, a loving Mandarin term for “younger brother.” He’s a skateboarder and aspiring “skate filmer” who lives with his mother, sister and grandmother. He has all the must-have social media of the aughts, but still feels like an outsider with a massive crush on an out-of-his league girl. In any other film, a teenage outcast might become a tired trope, but never in DIDI – thanks to a stellar cast and sharply written script. In an interview with the Washington Post, director Sean Wang says that he “set out to make a ‘Stand by Me’ for kids that look like him.” Winner of Sundance’s dramatic audience award, don’t miss this exciting debut.
Tuesday, October 22nd at 1pm & 7pm