Film
Raskal Love
Raskal Love is a documentary by Byron Q about Vanna Fut, who joined the Tiny Raskal Gang at 11 and became a pioneering breakdancer in Seattle.[1]
Synopsis
Vanna Fut, known as "Lazy," was initiated into the Tiny Raskal Gang at the age of 11.[1] The film follows him from gang life to the breakdancing scene in Seattle in the 1990s, and on to a role in a cult gangster film.[1] Fut went on to join the Seattle b-boy crew Massive Monkees, which won the 2004 World B-Boy Championships in London.[2] He has since used his public profile to encourage teenagers growing up in tough neighborhoods.[2]
The documentary tells the story through voiceover, stock footage and reenactments, which cover gang violence, domestic abuse and racial discrimination.[3]
Production and credits
Byron Q, a Vietnamese American filmmaker, wrote, directed and produced the film, and Alexis Grapsas composed the music.[1][3] The cast includes Vanna Fut, Feodor Chin and Chris Trouble Delfosse.[1] Byron Q had earlier made Bang, Bang, a fiction film about Asian American gangsters in San Diego, with Fut as a consultant.[3]
Release and reception
Byron Q presented the documentary at the San Diego Asian Film Festival in 2013.[3] Writing for diaCRITICS, Jade Hidle found that its stylistic choices distracted from Fut's life story.[3] The film screened at the Seattle Asian American Film Festival on February 8, 2014, at the Ark Lodge Cinema in Columbia City, followed by a panel with Fut and Byron Q.[2] It was part of the virtual edition of the Cambodia Town Film Festival in 2020.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Cambodian Moments, Cambodia Town Film Festival Virtual Edition (September 16, 2020)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Seattle Globalist, From gangster to breaker to peacemaker, the remarkable life of Big Lazy (February 7, 2014)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 diaCRITICS, Jade Hidle: 2013 San Diego Asian Film Festival (November 25, 2013)