Melanie Ho

Melanie is a Vietnamese American filmmaker and writer from Florida. She received her MFA from UCSC’s Social Documentation program. Mel’s most recent experimental documentary, sống ở đây | to live here, explores the Vietnamese community in New Orleans and the relationship between land and labor, seen through their foodways. Her work focuses on trauma, familial relationships, gender, displacement, and intimacy. Mel is working towards amplifying the voices of those on the margins. You can catch her most nights thinking about her nonexistent love life and fish sauce.