When an insecure, half Japanese woman's invited on a date to a traditional tea ceremony, her best friend's advice on how to avoid white-guys-with-Asian-fetishes threatens to ruin her love life and sanity.

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Director Biography - Josephine Green Zhang

Josephine Green Zhang is a comedy writer/director/sometimes performer from Pasadena, California. Her debut short film IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY – a post-apocalyptic love story – was named best undergraduate film in UCLA’s film and television program. Her short film, THE DICK PICKFORD DETECTIVE AGENCY – a film noir homage starring a group of 1950s female private eyes – was named best micro film at the Broad Humor Film Festival.

A daughter of a Taiwanese immigrant mother and a midwestern army veteran turned hippie father, Josephine aspires to create stories about the triumph of the human spirit while also taking the piss out of them. She loves good, complex characters who are misfits, underdogs, and outsiders, no matter their social status. Josephine is an alumni of UCLA's Film Program, Film Independent's Project:Involve Fellowship; UCB's sketch and improv program; and the Universal Writers Lab. She has worked as a tv writer on Season 2 and 3 of FIRST WIVES CLUB on BET+ and on Season 2 of DOLLFACE on Hulu. She has developed projects for Netflix, Disney+, and Bound Entertainment.