A CLEAN UA
A Clean UA is a documentary film made by Peter Phan, a 17-year-old Vietnamese American and shows his experiences as he decides to quit marijuana. Using a hand-held camera, Peter journals the difficulties and challenges of his path to recovery while exploring the benefits of being sober. Peter begins his film just after he’s suspended from school for smoking marijuana during lunch break. He’s determined to quit marijuana “cold turkey,” but he’s not expecting the difficulties that arise from quitting: pressure from friends, loneliness, and symptoms of withdrawal.
Peter filmed his documentary over a six-month period, and with this film, he hopes to promote more open dialogue about this issue with his peers and other youth in his community.
The trailer for the film was honored at the 2012 Spring Youth Forum in Grand Mound, WA. The Southeast Asian Young Men’s Group screened the film at the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) conference in Washington D.C. in February 2013.
This film was also an official selection of the 2015 Seattle Asian American Film Festival: http://seattleaaff.org/2015/films/clean-ua/
RESOURCES:
STARTING TO GET SOBER
I AM AMERICAN – I AM CAMBODIAN
MY FATHER’S CAMBODIA
BRIDGING THE DIVIDE
MODEL MINORITY STEREOTYPE
ACROSS THE MEKONG
CHANTHADETH
A CLEAN UA
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