A young Chinese-American baseball player must confront his internalized racism after his overbearing father comes to his rescue.

Official Selections

NYU First Run Film Festival 2026 - Undergrad King Award WINNER
New York Shorts International Film Festival 2024
San Diego International Film Festival 2024
Boston Asian American Film Festival 2024
Flickers Rhode Island Film Festival 2024 - Semi-Finalist
Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival 2024
DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon 2025
National Film Festival for Talented Youth 2025 - Audience Award WINNER

Narrative Short - 2024

Writer, Director, Producer | Alan He
Producer | Makayla Leilua, Rachel Chung
Director of Photography | Ethan Wen

Exeuctive Producers | He and Zhou Family
Production Advisors | Alrick Brown, Ted Wachs

Starring
Joseph Y. Lee
Michael C. Liu
Hong Rose
Max Henderson
Luca Rickman

1st AC | Kyle Farscht
2nd AC | Sebastian Rodriguez
Steadicam Operator | Malcolm Tom
Gaffer | Kim Johnson
Key Grip | Matthew Levine
Grips | Matteo Del Campo, David Melean, Ian Dugan, James Dae Yoo

Editor | Thomas Wu
Colorist |
Zack Chalmers
Sound Design | Thomas Wu, Briar Chung
ADR Engineer |
Ziyue (Lillie) Lin
Composer | Jackie Andresen

Principal Photography Crew

Unit Production Manager | Ben Kadish, Philip Drafta
1st Assistant Director |
Alex Kang, Hannah Weis
2nd Assistant Director | Alex Kang, Meg Yamada

Sound Mixer | Keith Leung
Boom Operator | Aydin Byrd, Addison Knies

Production Designer |
Paul De La Barre Ward
Art Director | Harper Stein
Wardrobe Designer | Paul De La Barre Ward
Hair and Makeup | Harleigh Eason

Script Supervisor | Mariana Rieder
Baseball Consultant | Alex Gutierrez
Truck PA | Michael Perrone, John Mackay
PA | Caroline Thoms, Morgan Beene, Lyndsey Hobelmann, Danielle Gould
BTS Photographer | Danielle Gould

1st AC | Irina Lazouski
2nd AC | Mary Kate Abner
Steadicam Operator | Douglas Lau
Gaffer | Steven Zambon
Key Grip | Santiago Gomez
Grips | Sterling Smith, Alexia Ross, Ian Dugan

Sound Mixer | Keith Leung
Boom Operator | Addison Knies

Reshoot Photography Crew

Unit Production Manager | Philip Drafta
1st Assistant Director |
Rachel Chung
2nd Assistant Director | Natalie Collat

Production Designer | Paul De La Barre Ward
Art Director | Harper Stein
Art Assist | Belle Del Sesto, Alison Mei
Wardrobe Designer | Paul De La Barre Ward
Hair and Makeup | Harleigh Eason

Script Supervisor | Mariana Rieder
Truck PA | Michael Perrone, Tymothee Harrell
PA | Morgan Beene, Lyndsey Hobelmann, Kendall Vaughn, Tania Alvarado
BTS Photographer | Jasmine LeCount-McClanahan

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