Lingbin Qiu

Trapped between duty and despair, an undocumented Chinese cook begins to question the cost of survival in a country that sees him as invisible as anti-Asian aggression rises outside his kitchen walls.

While falling in love with a reclusive homeless musician, a drug-addicted Chinese school girl regains her appetite for life and makes peace with herself.

At an underground hostess bar in the San Gabriel Valley, CA, a Taiwanese-American gang member breaks the cardinal rule of his job when he falls in love with the star hostess of the club.