Barrier Device

"Barrier Device" is a 2002 short film written and directed by Grace Lee. It stars Sandra Oh as a sex researcher and Suzy Nakamura as a subject. It won four awards, including the silver medal at the 29th Student Academy Awards.

Barrier Device
Directed byGrace Lee
Produced by
  • Caroline Libresco
  • Rosie Wong
Written byGrace Lee
Starring
Music by
  • Billy Cote
  • Mary Lorson
CinematographyPatricia Lee
Edited byGrace Lee
Release date
Running time
26 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Researcher Audrey conducts a study on female condoms. In the course of her work, she discovers that Serena, one of her subjects, is involved with her ex-fiance. Torn between professional integrity and curiosity, Audrey attempts to learn more about Serena's life without compromising her work.

Cast
  • Sandra Oh as Audrey
  • Suzy Nakamura as Serena
  • Melinda Peterson as Dr. Campbell
  • Jonathan Liebhold as Dwight
  • Brian Kim as Brian

Production

Barrier Device was Grace Lee's master's thesis at UCLA. Lee directly asked Oh to appear in her film.[2]

Release

Barrier Device premiered at the 2002 CAAMFest.[1]

Reception

Awards
YearOrganizationAwardRecipientResultRef
2002Student Academy AwardsSilver medalGrace LeeWon[3]
2002Urbanworld Film FestivalGrand Jury PrizeGrace LeeWon[4]
2002Palm Springs International Film FestivalBest Short over 15 MinutesGrace LeeWon[5]
2002Director's Guild of AmericaBest Asian American FilmGrace LeeWon[6]
2002 San Diego Asian Film Festival Best Narrative Short Barrier Device Won [7]
gollark: Apparently. Or at least home breadmaking, because she did it first and is now... finding it harder to get ingredients.
gollark: Firing your pandemic response team a while before a pandemic is at least not as stupid as doing it during one.
gollark: I blame some sort of weird interaction between insurance companies, regulation/the government, consumers of healthcare services, and the companies involved in healthcare.
gollark: The US healthcare system is just really quite broken and there is probably not some individual there who's just going "MWAHAHAHA, my plan to increase the price of healthcare has succeeded, and I could easily make everything reasonable but I won't because I'm evil!", or one person who could decide to just make some stuff free right now without introducing some huge issues. It's a systemic issue.
gollark: Yes, they do have considerations other than minimizing short-term COVID-19 deaths, but that is sensible because other things do matter.

References
  1. Marquez, Mayra (2002-05-05). "All eyes on Lee". Daily Bruin. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
  2. Ryan, Tim (2007-01-25). "Slamdance: Interview with "American Zombie"'s Grace Lee". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
  3. "25 NEW FACES OF INDEPENDENT FILM 2002". Filmmaker (Summer 2002). Retrieved 2014-10-04.
  4. Oei, Lily (2002-08-12). "Urban fest fetes 'Manito'". Variety. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
  5. Berkshire, Geoff (2002-08-12). "Palm laurels go to 'Wormhole'". Variety. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
  6. McNary, Dave (2002-10-23). "DGA honors student helmers". Variety. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
  7. "SDAFF Award Winners | Pacific Arts Movement". pacarts.org. Archived from the original on 2018-04-19. Retrieved 2018-04-27.

Further reading
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.