Take Me Home
Short Film
15:49 min | English I 2023
Director I Liz Sargent
Producer/Director of Photography I Minos Papas
Executive Producers I Julia S. Gouw, Janet Yang Productions, CAPE, Virginia Millhiser, Timothy Millhiser
Associate Producers I Molly Sargent, Robert Sargent, Jane Shin Park, Wilma Smider, Kaneza Schaal
Editor I Ashley Roby
Starring
Anna Sargent, Jeena Yi, Joan Sargent, Lisa Panagopulos, Danielle J. Bowman, Souljah Bless
AWARDS
LA Asian Pacific Film Festival – BEST SHORT
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2023
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
SXSW (South by Southwest)
Florida Film Festival
River Run International Film Festival
Reel Sisters Film Festival
FilmFest DC
CAAMFest 2023 (Center for Asian American Media)
deadCenter Film Festival
Bentonville Film Festival
Champs Elysee Film Festival, Paris
Anna is an adult with a Cognitive Disability living with her mother in Midland Florida. When her mother is unresponsive, she calls her sister for help, but without the language to be believed, Anna is brushed aside. Emily returns home and is immediately engulfed in a futile struggle for medical information, while Anna’s world is deconstructed. In this sadness, Anna sees the bigger picture and with a straightforward strength, Anna holds her own. The uncertainty for the sisters’ future independence remains but they are now a team against all odds.