Logline - To give her family a chance at a better life and save her family's failing restaurant, Tera Wong, a desperate 20-year-old Asian girl, parlays her Chinese food delivery expertise into a profitable drug hustle.
Official Trailer
awards include:
special jury recognition for excellence in cinematography at Ashland independent film festival
special recognition best performance narrative at Bentonville film festival
Best director at American black film festival
grand jury honorable mention award at dances with films
hbo best narrative feature film 2020
best ensemble acting at indie Memphis film festival
best feature film and best ensemble at international film festival Manhattan
best score at silver state film festival
jury's choice award at chandler film festival
people's choice award at beloit international film festival
jury honorable mention at Durango independent film festival
raising our voices award at disorient asian film festival
best indie action thriller at film threat's award this
Tera (Hedy Wong) Delivers for Lalo (Louie Ski Carr)
Brother (Lorin Ly) and Sister (Hedy Wong) Reminisce in Hallway
Bentonville Film Festival
Bronze Lens Film Festival
American Black Film Festival
Director's statement
Take Out Girl is meant to bridge the gap between the “Haves” and “Have-nots” by dramatizing a situation that could motivate a person with great potential to choose a life of crime. American prisons system are full of low-level drug dealers. The general sentiment toward those prisoners is “They Broke the law and deserved the punishment they get. They’re bad people.” But is it that simple? In Take Out Girl, we depict both a family and a neighborhood in which, crime, is passed down from one generation to next via environmental influence or sheer desperation.
- Hisonni Mustafa johnson
Special Jury Award for Excellence in Cinematography at Ashland Independent Film Festival
Official Selection of Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival
Wavy (Lynna Yee) Kitchen Surprise
Tera (Hedy Wong) hugs Mom (Lynna Yee)
the film festival circuit:
2021
Bare Bones Film Festival
Las Vegas Black Film Festival
Seattle black film festival
julien Dubuque film festival
film threat award this Indie Action thriller nominee
Omaha film festival
Green Bay film festival
disorient asian film festival *winner raising our voices award
Durango independent film festival *winner Jury Honorable Mention: Narrative Feature
lAS cruces international film festival
beloit international film festival *winner people's choice
destiny city film festival
chandler international film festival *winner jury's choice award
2020
silver state film festival *winner
african diaspora film festival
Vegas cinefest international film festival
cine magnifico
Santa Fe film festival
international film festival Manhattan (nov 19 - 22) *winner best ensemble + best narrative
Chicago underground film festival (nov 9 - 22)
tide film festival (nov 6 - 8)
Indie Memphis Film festival (oct 21 - 29) *special jury mention for Best Ensemble Acting
Twin cities film festival (oct 22 - 31)
Boston asian American film festival (oct 21 - 25)
Bushwick Film Festival (Oct 21 - 25)
CAAM Fest (oct 14-18)
Builot film festival Spotlight (October 14)
*Winner HBO Best feature film award 2020
Marthas Vineyard Run and Shoot Film Festival (Oct 6 -10)
43rd asian American international film festival (Oct 1 -11)
Urbanworld (september 23-27)
Dances with Films (august 27 - Sept 6) *Grand Jury Honorable Mention Award
American Black Film Festival - Atlanta, ga (august 21 - 30) *Winner Best Director
Macon Film Festival (august 13 -30)
Bentonville Film Festival - Bentonville, ar (august 12-16)Bronze Lens Film Festival - atlanta, ga (august 11-16)
Ashland Film Festival - ashland, or (may 22 - June 14) *special jury mention*
Riverside International Film Festival - riverside, ca (April 21 - 26)
Cinequest Film Festival -San Jose, ca (pt 1 march 3 -15 / pt 2 august 18 - September 18)
Stupid Young in Take Out Girl
Tera (Hedy Wong) and Stupid Young
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