AnOther Western

About the Film

Through the whimsical story of a Vietnamese girl, her grandfather and good ole American Westerns, this film humorously probes issues of race, identity, cultural dislocation and assimilation.

About the Filmmaker

Adeline Huynh is a graduate of the University of Victoria with a Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing and Film. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. She has been involved in a producing and /or directing capacity on four films, and has writing credit on three films. She is currently working on a treatment for a film for an LA based filmmaker. In October 2005 her proposal for a short film called AnOther Western was selected as one of four projects commissioned for Voice It! Immigrant, Visible Minority and Aboriginal Artists Express Anti-racism Experiences on Film. Voice It!, a joint initiative between CineVic and ICA funded through grants. In 2005, she was part of a filmmaking partnership that submitted a proposal for a documentary to the NFB sponsored competition Reel Diversity. The project was short-listed and received an Investigate grant. Adeline has also worked for non-profit organizations in various capacities, including facilitating filmmaking workshops for Anti-DOTE, a multi-racial girl's group, and for the University of Victoria's Students' Society Advocacy Council. She has been a member of CineVic Society of Independent Filmmakers since 2005, and most recently was elected to the CineVic Board of Directors.

Filmography

Producing & Directing Credit:

  • Present This is Hip Hop (Digital Video, in development)
  • 2006 AnOther Western (Digital Video, 5 min.)
  • 2006 INT. ROOM – (dark & stormy) NIGHT (8 mm, 3 min.)
  • 2005 Not Your Girl (Digital Video, post-production)
  • 2004 Look (Digital Video, 9 min.)
  • 2003 Hobo Camp (Digital Video, 18 min.)

Writing Credit:

  • 2005 In Between (Digital Video, 6 min.)
  • 2001 Undone (Digital Video, 14 min.)

Credits

Cast of Characters:
Grandfather: Duke Chu
Girl: Chase Moir
Cowboy: Michael Utgaard

Narration by: Adeline Huynh
Written & Directed by: Adeline Huynh
Producer: Kemi Craig
Cinematography & Editing by: Tetsuya Araki
Art Direction by: Michael Utgaard
Production Manager: Kemi Craig
Production Assistant: Dianne Currie
Light OP: Grady Lawlor
Music by: The World's Fattest Racehorse

Special Thanks to:
Leeanne Moir
Jessie Cowperthwaite
Herman S. Dhillon
Holli Hodgson

Photographs provided by British Columbia Archives:
I-30806
D-07548
I-51539

This film could not have been made without the generous support of:
Royal BC Museum
CFUV FM 101.9 Campus Community Radio
UVSS Students of Colour Collective
CineVic
ICA

This film was commissioned by CineVic Society of Independent Filmmakers and the Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria with support from BC Anti-Racism and Multiculturalism Program and Canada Council for the Arts.