Fresh
Chey shows a keen ear for black English, a well-honed comic imagination, and an upbeat humanism; Zoltan David's camera work is outstanding, especially the bravura Steadicam opening shot.
Ted Shen, Chicago Reader
Fakin' Da Funk
Finding your roots in the hood ain't easy.
1997 · 1h 29m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Timothy A. Chey
Overview
Chinese kid Julian, who was adopted by the black family of Joe and Annabelle Lee -- and Asian exchange student May-Ling, who is housed with a black family -- are trying to adapt to their mostly black neighborhood of South Central.
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