Filmmaker Statement

Due to the impoverished backgrounds of the majority of Filipino people, hard work has been the answer to living a better life. This mindset infects generations into believing that grit and resilience is necessary in order to get the work done, while repressing uncomfortable emotions to do so. This mindset carries over into immigrant and first generational families. Even though their new lifestyles have more opportunity for improvement, these families have not harnessed the tools necessary to communicate the need for support. Even after achieving the ""American dream"", immigrant communities are more isolated than ever; and so, the cycle continues.