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    Dear Lemon Lima

    Suzi YOONESSI 2009 USA Fiction color 87min English 35mm
    Vanessa Lemor, a lonely 13-year old Yup’ik (Western Eskimo) girl with a vivid imagination, is dumped by her true love, über intellectual Philip Georgey, 14. Vanessa spends the summer in Fairbanks, Alaska, working at an ice cream shack and obsessing over the heartbreaking tragedy. After numerous unsuccessful attempts at erasing fond memories, she resolves to win Philip back at Nichols Academy, a close-minded preparatory school where the Georgey family is legacy. Awarded the only minority scholarship, Vanessa’s new life is a nightmare.
    Vanessa believes that a victory in the Snowstorm Survivor championship is the only way into Philip’s heart. She quickly forms a quirky team with her fan base in the weight room, driven by Vanessa’s plight for her true love. Unlike the Native Olympics that brings together people of all sizes and shapes to celebrate Native Alaskan culture, Nichols’ Snowstorm Survivor simply perverts the traditional Eskimo games in order to foster an antiquated class system. After the tragic loss of a beloved teammate, Vanessa discovers the true meaning of love and must embrace her Native heritage to reclaim the spirit of the World Eskimo Indian Olympics. After their sensational victory in the final dance competition, the Nichols community attempts to embrace a new wave of thinking.

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    Suzi YOONESSI

    Suzi YOONESSI received her BFA from San Francisco Art Institute, and her MFA from Columbia University where she was a recipient of the FMI Directing Fellowship. She also received the Jerome Foundation’s New York Media Arts Grant for Vern, which was a finalist for the Roy W. Dean Foundation Grant, is in the permanent collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and is being distributed by the National Film Network. She associate produced the Cannes and Sundance award-winning Me And You And Everyone We Know (2005), written and directed by Miranda July, for IFC Films & Film Four (UK), with frequent collaborator producer, Gina Kwon.

    Suzi YOONESSI

    2004 Vern

    2005 No Shoulder

    2009 親愛的檸檬女孩 Dear Lemon Lima

    Director: Suzi YOONESSI

    Producer: Melissa LEE, Jonako DONLEY

    Screenplay: Suzi YOONESSI

    Cinematography: Sarah LEVY

    Editing: Mara FARRINGTON, Matt LINNELL

    Language: English

    Cast: Savanah WILTFONG, Shayne TOPP, Meaghan Jette MARTIN, Melissa LEO

    Print Source: Aida LiPera｜Visit Films

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