Yellow Rice (n.): A story about a girl and her mother

About: An 11-minute short about a teen's experience as a second-generation Indonesian-American and how this experience affects her relationship with her first-generation immigrant mother. The film was produced at the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television by Mind over Tuadi Productions.

Production Notes: When Yellow Rice was in post-production, I took a class taught by the amazing sound editor Cece Hall who asked us the simple questions, "What is your film about? What is it meant to do?" I thank her to this day for asking those questions because without them in mind, there's no telling the different avenues the film could have gone down. I spent months experimenting and wondering as to where the film was supposed to go after its production, but thanks to that simple question, the film shaped into what it is today--the truest form of the story I had set out to tell. And, knowing this, I was able to send her this response, "I want the audience to walk away from a screening of Yellow Rice wanting to call their mother. This movie is about opening yourself up to the people and the moments who matter and letting them light up your life. It’s about communication--meaningful and truthful communication--with the world and with yourself. Cuz hell, no one’s going to say it for you, right?"

Screenings

1st Annual Los Angeles-Indonesian Film Festival
Los Angeles, USA
September 2014 (Film Festival)

2014 UCLA Film Festival New Works Screening
Westwood, USA
June 2014 (Film Festival)
North America PREMIERE

Cast:

Eileen Soong
Sinta Widaningsih
Jane Kim
Tracy McNulty
Chol Eddy

Crew:

Writer, Director, Editor: Maria Tuadi
Director of Photography: F.C. Betts

1st Assistant Director: Elizabeth Miller
Unit Production Manager: Indah Seruni
Casting Assistant: Tyler Overvold
Production Assistant: Jennifer Wilson

1st AC: Reid Taguchi
2nd AC: Jonathan Bernstein; Thientam Nguyen
Steadicam Operator: Pascal

Sound Mixer: James Orlando
Boom Operator: Jonathan Liem

Gaffer: MJ Watz
Key Grips: Jonathan Bernstein; Noel Chalmers
Grips: Alejandro Torres; Johanna Mort; Thientam Nguyen

Script Supervisor: Madelyn Boudousque
Make up Artist and Hair Stylist: Gipsy Corona

For more info:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3746102

https://www.facebook.com/yellowricethemovie