Alexa and May
9 min, 2018
Written, Directed, Produced by Khai Thu Nguyen
Director of Photography: Bill Hall, Edited by Ina Adele Ray and Khai Thu Nguyen
Winner of Best Experimental Short Film 2018 at The World's International Film Festival
Developed from documentary videos of the filmmaker's mother, "Alexa and May" is a narrative short that follows the activities of a widowed grandmother who goes to the San Francisco Bay Area to help out with her daughter's busy family. May is left to her own devices during the day and tries to befriend the resident digital voice assistant.
Written, Directed, Produced by Khai Thu Nguyen
Director of Photography: Bill Hall, Edited by Ina Adele Ray and Khai Thu Nguyen
Winner of Best Experimental Short Film 2018 at The World's International Film Festival
Developed from documentary videos of the filmmaker's mother, "Alexa and May" is a narrative short that follows the activities of a widowed grandmother who goes to the San Francisco Bay Area to help out with her daughter's busy family. May is left to her own devices during the day and tries to befriend the resident digital voice assistant.