2024 | United States | Short

Pedigree

  • English 16 mins
  • Director | Kai Wen Hu
  • Writer | Kai Wen Hu
  • Producer | Shuyin Zheng, Cody Young

STATUS: Released

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In the heat of a Flushing summer, Korean immigrants Samuel Kim, and his teenage daughter, Squid, hustle as street vendors to stay afloat. Behind on rent and out of options, Samuel hatches a plan: buy a cheap puppy, pass it off as purebred, and sell it to the rich.

Korean immigrants street vendors summer hustle family survival deception poverty scams father-daughter urban resilience ambition neighborhood
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