Show about Asian-American family premieres on PBS this month
by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Check out the clip below from Eric Byler’s (director of Charlotte Sometimes and Americanese) new TV show, My Life Disoriented. If you like what you see, send email PBS to express your support! Here’s some background from Angry Asian Man:
My Life Disoriented, a short film directed by Eric Byler is scheduled to air on PBS this month. It’s about a Chinese American family whose lives get turned upside down when they move from San Francisco to the middle-of-nowhere Bakersfield (apologies to everyone out there who actually lives in Bakersfield). I saw it at HIFF, and found it really genuine and engaging. Check out clips on YouTube here and here. It’s actually a show pilot, with PBS and several other networks including MTV considering it as a series. What? An Asian American family on television? It could happen. A lot depends on audience response to broadcast premiere, as well as these YouTube clips. If you like what you see, it might be a good idea to contact your local PBS affiliate to say that you love the clip/will watch the show/want to see more shows, etc. (please copy the show’s producers on any emails sent: contact@mylifedisoriented.com). It could make a big difference as to whether or not My Life Disoriented really becomes what it was meant to be. So tune in, or set your Tivos. For a list of local stations and broadcast dates, go here. To learn more about the series, go here.
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S wrote:
Looks interesting. I would check it out.
Posted 22 Dec 2006 at 9:25 am ¶
Rob wrote:
Is it possible for an Asian American film to exist without the interaction of a white male into the family?
Posted 22 Dec 2006 at 10:50 pm ¶
lurker wrote:
Just saw the two clips on YouTube. Anyway…I really wanted to like it.
Posted 23 Dec 2006 at 6:54 am ¶
Anonomous wrote:
I just watched the first episode on PBS’s Independent Lens and throughly enjoyed it despite my previous hesitancy to the show. I got a sense that the writer really knows how to bring to life the everyday interactions within a family- whether it be parent-child or sibling relationships, and make the characters not only relatable, but realistic as well. As a young woman from San Francisco I can finally see someone like myself portrayed as a outspoken and confident female but as someone who also goes through the same conflicts as any other teenager. I give two thumbs up and suggest that others check it out.
Posted 27 Dec 2006 at 4:09 am ¶