Resident Aliens
– Guam, U.S.A. Thursday, November 24, Thanksgiving Day. Alex, a local newspaper photographer, gets in..
Guam, U.S.A. Thursday, November 24, Thanksgiving Day. Alex, a local newspaper photographer, gets into a “green card marriage” with her good friend James, a Guam-born Filipino. Miriam, a former member of the Philippine press and now an established Guam journalist, longs to repair a damaged relationship with her American husband. Ella, a hotel housekeeper for almost 20 years, finds means of sending her 88-year old mother to the Philippines with the uncertainty of coming back. As the island of Guam celebrates this classic American holiday when people count their blessings and give thanks, the lives of the three Filipina immigrants intersect and find themselves at a tug-o-war of sacrifice and significance where they must find their home or must they find it somewhere else.
A story of finding your way in an unfamiliar world, 'Resident Aliens' follows three American outcasts forced to resettle in the unforgiving Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, land of their birth. KK, China and Looney - all former gang members and ex-cons - are Cambodian refugees whose families survived a genocide that wiped out nearly a fifth of the country's population. They grew up in California but were deported - along with hundreds of others - after felony convictions. With few skills, little money and no family to fall back on, they face new obstacles and follow different paths towards reconciliation. While China and Looney erect walls to block out the pain, KK, through breakdancing, takes on the challenge of helping kids in even more desperate circumstances than him.
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