Sriracha (2013) is a documentary about the history (and herstory in this case) of the famous Thai chili sauce, the Huy Fong brand of the Sriracha chili sauce and it’s founder David Tran, and the growing popularity of Sriracha chili sauce in the west. In 2013 the Huy Fong factory in Irwindale, CA received complaints from its neighbors about the smells from the factory, and a lawsuit to shut down the factory was filed with the city of Irwindale. The …
Tag: Vietnamese
Have you ever wonder why there are so many nail salons owned and operated by Vietnamese women? Director Adele Pham had the same questions and decided to explore this question in a documentary she’s working on called NailedIt: Vietnamese & The Nail Industry. Adele Pham explores the social, economic, environmental factors of Vietnamese in the nail industry. Along the way she discovers some interesting stories like how actress Tippi Hedren’s (stared in Hitchcock’s The Birds) meeting with 20 Vietnamese refugee women triggered an early …
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