Directed by Mackie Mallison • 2021 • United States
Taking its title from the Japanese onomatopoeia for bird sound, CHUU CHUU is a lyrical, dream-like portrait of the director's grandmother, her fear of flying, and her connection with avian beings.
Up Next in Three Short Films by Mackie Mallison
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It Smells Like Springtime
Directed by Mackie Mallison • 2022 • United States
Through family conversations, home movies, and portraiture, IT SMELLS LIKE SPRINGTIME explores the complexity of Asian-American identity and experience in dialogue with the artist and jeweler Ada Chen and a riotous cadre of kids. Together, they ...
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Live From the Clouds
Directed by Mackie Mallison • 2023 • United States
LIVE FROM THE CLOUDS immerses the viewer in the intimate memories and imaginations of four women in the director's Japanese-American family, where everyday anxieties of shopping, paying the bills, and flying are ruptured by dreams of financial f...
