The Teenage Asian American Project

I've been making this my goal since freshman year of high school and I haven't really gotten to attempting it yet...I probably should soon, I have about two years of high school left before the goal deadline is over.

I made a goal to myself to make at least one full-length movie before I graduate. Sounds somewhat challenging, but I think I can do it. And I think I found some inspiration thinking about what it should be able today, while vacuuming the house (I know...weird time to find some inspiration, huh?). I want to make a movie based on the life (lives?) of the teenager Asian-American (maybe more specific...like the first generation Vietnamese-American, such as myself).

I didn't want it based all about me though, I wanted stories to connect with each other...Then I thought, maybe I'll get some of my first generation-Vietnamese and other Asian-American friends and peers to help me create a script.

This is going to be a little project I will attempt at doing to help me start writing the script for my movie. I'm going to get those people to write me a story or essay, I don't care, about their lives as an Asian American. It doesn't matter how long it is and they don't have to put their names. I'm not expecting a melodramatic story. I expect someone to be honest for me to write an accurate script as possible. It could somewhat be like what Nuran did last year for the Baron Banner blogs--Truth. Something where they could write about anything personal and such anonymously. Hard to explain...maybe it's just me.

That will be my basis for now for the movie.

I'll call it...The Teenage Asian American Project (TTAAP).