Under the Flag
COUNTRY:
USA
RUNTIME:
14 mmin
SYNOPSIS:
Yiyi is a teenager attending a severe school dance. The competition is cut-throat: everyone wants the role of the prima ballerina of the final show, since it can be a springboard for the carreer. Yiyi is unexpectedly the chosen one, and as she discovers that this is due to her mother’s bribing the teacher, she finds herself at a crossroad. This reflection on how the individual is absorbed, thus defeated, by the system’s power, unravels among beatuful moving bodies, music, coloured ribbons and fans.
CAST:
Michelle Chung, Leann Lei
TROUPE:
Producer: Danwen Lei, Fernando Barajas
Director:Jiawei Cheng
Screenwriter: Jiawei Cheng, Dhruv Kanungo
Cinematographer: Leo Purman
Editor: Yiqing Yu
Composer: Chad Cannon
Production Designer: Hankang Chen