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Seadrift

fisherman at sea

In 1979, the fatal shooting of a white crabber in a Texas fishing village ignites a maelstrom of hostilities against Vietnamese refugee communities along the Gulf Coast.

Series

Reel South

Premiere Date

May 4, 2020

Length

60 minutes

Funding Type

Development

filmmaker Tim Tsai
Tim Tsai

Producer/Director

Tim is a filmmaker whose past work include directing a series on early Chinese Texans for Austin PBS and editing the non-narrative film YAKONA (SXSW '14) about the San Marcos River. He holds an MFA in film production from U.T. Austin and is a Firelight Media Documentary Labs fellow. SEADRIFT is his feature directorial debut.