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Quyên Nguyen-Le

Quyên Nguyen-Le is a queer vietnamese filmmaker born in los angeles, california

Known For

Sky SharksSky Sharks · 2020
Sky Sharks
★ 4.92020
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
A team of Arctic geologists stumble across an abandoned laboratory in which the Nazis developed an incredible and brutal secret weapon during the final months of WW2. Deep in the ice, they accidentally awake a deadly army of flying zombie sharks ridden by genetically mutated, undead super-humans, who are unleashed into the skies, wreaking their bloodthirsty revenge on any aircraft that takes to the air. An elite task force is assembled to take on this deadly threat and stop the Sky Sharks from conquering the air, but as time runs out, the task force realises they will have to fight fire with fire, and the stage is set for the greatest flying super-mutant zombie shark air battle the world has ever seen....
Third ActThird Act · 2025
Third Act
★ 8.02025
MovieDocumentary
Filmmaker Tadashi explores his father Robert A. Nakamura's life as an influential Asian American artist and activist, while grappling with Robert's Parkinson's diagnosis, navigating themes of art, grief, and their father-son relationship.
The Accidental Getaway DriverThe Accidental Getaway Driver · 2025
The Accidental Getaway Driver
★ 6.52025
MovieThrillerDrama
During a routine pickup, an elderly Vietnamese cab driver is taken hostage by three recently escaped Orange County convicts. Based on a true story.
Free Chol Soo LeeFree Chol Soo Lee · 2022
Free Chol Soo Lee
★ 7.22022
MovieDocumentaryCrime
On June 3, 1973, a man was murdered in a busy intersection of San Francisco’s Chinatown as part of an ongoing gang war. Chol Soo Lee, a 20-year-old Korean immigrant who had previous run-ins with the law, was arrested and convicted based on flimsy evidence and the eyewitness accounts of white tourists who couldn’t distinguish between Asian features. Sentenced to life in prison, Chol Soo Lee would spend years fighting to survive behind bars before journalist K.W. Lee took an interest in his case. The intrepid reporter’s investigation would galvanize a first-of-its-kind pan-Asian American grassroots movement to fight for Chol Soo Lee’s freedom, ultimately inspiring a new generation of social justice activists.
AfterearthAfterearth · 2017
Afterearth
2017
Movie
As rising sealevels threaten locations touched by the Pacific Ocean in Hawaiʻi, the Philippines, China, and North America, four women give offerings of music, poetry and heartfelt testimonial to preserve the volcano, ocean, air and land for future generations.
The LabyrinthThe Labyrinth · 2016
The Labyrinth
★ 7.62016
MovieScience FictionHorror
A collection of original shorts exploring the unknown, the unexplained, and the unimaginable.
Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song In MovementNobuko Miyamoto: A Song In Movement · 2024
Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song In Movement
2024
MovieDocumentary
Chronicles the extraordinary journey of the legendary Nobuko Miyamoto – a dancer, singer, and activist driven by a lifelong passion for social justice and community engagement.
Queer VietnamesenessQueer Vietnameseness · 2016
Queer Vietnameseness
2016
MovieDocumentary
A documentary that follows the lives of three queer second generation Vietnamese Americans, navigating language, politics, and familial relationships - their stories add dimensions to Vietnamese diasporic experiences in community organizing, family, work in nail salons, and living in Little Saigon, Orange County, California: Ro Nghiem, a second generation Vietnamese, post-punk, gay lesbian boy who is currently attending school for graphic design, Natalie Newton, a Vietnamese American queer activist and strategic research analyst for social justice causes, and Shannon My Le, a claims adjuster for a workers’ compensation insurance company and is a part time entrepreneur.

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Free Chol Soo LeeFree Chol Soo Lee · 2022
Free Chol Soo Lee
★ 7.22022
MovieDocumentaryCrime
On June 3, 1973, a man was murdered in a busy intersection of San Francisco’s Chinatown as part of an ongoing gang war. Chol Soo Lee, a 20-year-old Korean immigrant who had previous run-ins with the law, was arrested and convicted based on flimsy evidence and the eyewitness accounts of white tourists who couldn’t distinguish between Asian features. Sentenced to life in prison, Chol Soo Lee would spend years fighting to survive behind bars before journalist K.W. Lee took an interest in his case. The intrepid reporter’s investigation would galvanize a first-of-its-kind pan-Asian American grassroots movement to fight for Chol Soo Lee’s freedom, ultimately inspiring a new generation of social justice activists.

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