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Logline

A Chinese immigrant family stocks up in the middle of a road trip, experienced through the perspective of their youngest child.

Synopsis

Pit Stops is a coming-of-age childhood drama about a six year old girl, Mia, in the middle of moving states with her family. While Mia’s father fills up the gas, the rest of the family picks up essential supplies and an all Americana dinner at a supermarket and fast food restaurant.
Quiet and observant, it is an intimate, character-driven story that is best served by the chaotic peace of being a kid.
 

Meet the Filmmakers

Erika Yang — Writer/Director
Erika is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker and software engineer from Knoxville, TN. Interested in stories about the small pockets of existence that compose our everyday lives, she seeks to capture them in her own work. She graduated from MIT with a B.S. in Computer Science and a minor in Literature/Film Studies. Pit Stops will mark her directorial debut. In her free time, she enjoys learning various aerial apparatuses.

Yelim Kim — Producer
Yelim is a Korean Queens based producer, videographer, photographer, and editor. She moved to NYC in 2024 from Chicago, and has been putting a focus on passion projects since. Mundane aspects of everyday life, complexities between Asian cultures, queerness, and justice in gender violence is a recurring theme in her storytelling interests. In her free time, she goes on photo walks with her friends and volunteers for Gaia Music Collective.

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Contact

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