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Aug 2, 2024 · A personal love letter from director Sean Wang to his Nai Nai and Wài Pó, a grandma super team that dances, stretches, and farts their sorrows away. Run Time 17 minutes
- Senior Author
Feb 15, 2024 · “Making films about my family helps me bridge the gap in my life as a human — seeing my mom not just as my mom or my grandmother not just as my grandmother but as people,” Wang says. “I’m still learning to bridge that gap.” Now, Wang’s family life will converge, of all places, at the Academy Awards.
- jcoyle@ap.org
- Film Writer And Critic
Jul 26, 2024 · Sean Wang cast a familiar muse in his directorial feature debut: his grandmother. One of the two subjects of his Oscar-nominated documentary short Nai Nai & Wài Pó, Chang Li Hua makes her...
Mar 6, 2024 · We sat down with filmmaker Sean Wang and his grandmothers, Yi Yan Fuei and Chang Li Hua, the subjects of Wang's Oscar-nominated documentary short, "Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó." Read their heartwarming...
Feb 15, 2024 · “Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó,” Wang’s deeply charming portrait of his grandmothers, is nominated for best documentary short at the Academy Awards. In it, Wang films Yi and Chang going about their ...
Feb 14, 2024 · They play dress-up. They watch “Superbad.” But mostly, “Wài Pó and Nǎi Nai,” which translates as maternal grandmother and paternal grandmother in Mandarin, captures the joy of two spirited ladies...
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Feb 14, 2024 · The younger, Chang Li Hua, is 86. They’re in-laws but they act more like sisters. When Wang, their 29-year-old grandson, was getting into filmmaking, one of the first he made was a short where Yi...
