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    Born Sweet

    Cynthia WADE 2010 USA Documentary color 28min Khmer DigiBeta
    Vinh is just fifteen years old, but has already accepted his destiny—to be sick for the rest of his life with incurable arsenic poisoning. He longs to fall in love and to become a karaoke star. But his body is scarred by illness, and he expects the arsenic will soon take his life, like it did the girl who once lived across the road. An unexpected chance to star in a local karaoke video allows Vinh to question whether he truly knows his destiny.

    Director

    Cynthia WADE

    She is an Oscar-winning documentary director. She recently directed Living the Legacy: The Untold Story of Milton Hershey School, which is currently airing on IFC/Sundance Channel. She received her master's degree in Documentary Film Production from Stanford University. Wade runs the boutique documentary film company, Cynthia Wade Productions, in New York City. Her short documentary Freeheld won an Academy Award® and a Special Jury Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. She is currently producing a new fiction in Los Angeles.

    Director's Statement ▾

    Cynthia WADE
    • 1986 America Undercover
    • 1995 Almost Home
    • 1999 Grist for the Mill
    • 2003 Shelter Dogs
    • 2007《扣押幸福》Freeheld
    • 2009 Living the Legacy: The Untold Story of Milton Hershey School
    • 2010《甜生如此》Born Sweet
    • 2011 Growing Hope Against Hunger
    • 2012 Wrestling the Monster: Living with Hepatic Encephalopathy
    • 《萊辛髮廊的週一約會》Mondays at Racine
    • 2013 Whole New Person

    Director & Producer/ Cynthia WADE 

    Editing/ David TEAGUE

    Cynthia Wade Productions
    cwade@cynthiawade.com
    www.cynthiawade.com

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