2021 Online Video Storytelling – Pandemic – Individual
First Place
Washington State was hit early and tragically by the COVID-19 pandemic, as the virus ravaged nursing homes in the spring of 2020. When Hoang Dinh Nguyen fell ill in his Issaquah nursing home in March, his family could not be with him, nor could they be with each other. Still, they found ways to connect — and sustain each other — despite keeping physical distance. Using socially distanced filming techniques, interviews over Zoom and the family’s own intimate footage of Nguyen’s final moments, this short film follows the family’s journey navigating the virus and loss in the early days of the pandemic and explores their legacy of resilience.