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Yai Nin

Yai Nin

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Yai Nin

"Grandmother on mother's side."

2020

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Ninlawan Pinyo is the matriarch of a Thai American family, who hustled for her fortune by founding a naem pork sausage factory in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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Directed by: Champ Ensminger
Produced by: Michael Peak
Kristy Peak

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