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No Crying at the Dinner Table

No Crying at the Dinner Table

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2019
0h 16m
7.2(7 votes)
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Filmmaker Carol Nguyen interviews her own family to craft an emotionally complex and meticulously composed portrait of intergenerational trauma, grief, and secrets in this cathartic documentary about things left unsaid.

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