In ‘Daly City’, an Indonesian American Family Learns to Fit In
Filmmaker Nick Hartanto examines assimilation, identity, and the quiet cost of being the “model minority” in this autobiographical, Oscar-eligible short film about an Indonesian American family. Bastian is a young Indonesian boy who grows up in the United States; cheerful, curious and quietly attentive to the social cues around him. One evening, he watches his