Stay/Go

Role: Director of Photography | Directed by Jimmy Tingfeng Zhu |Produced by Jason Yijian Jiang

Logline: A Chinese immigrant single mother working at a thrift store, longing to see her child but cornered by her exploitative boss, commits a small act of rebellion that spirals into a threat, forcing her to choose between staying and escaping.

Synopsis: When Chen, an undocumented Chinese single mother, is denied permission to leave work to help her bullied son, she snaps—stealing a tiny moment of justice for herself. But the gesture backfires, escalating into a confrontation that brings investigators to the store, pushing her to decide between protecting her job or risking everything to reach her child.