Dim Sum Funeral is a story about four siblings who reunite to grant their mother’s last wish before she passed away: to have a traditional Chinese funeral. Despite knowing very little about Chinese funerals and probably even less of their own mother, this story is about the siblings’ struggle to get along and solve their own personal issues. (If you are in LA, you can catch Dim Sum Funeral at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.

We meet some of the cast from the film including Julia Nickson, Steph Song, and Russell Wong.

Meet the cast of Dim Sum Funeral

Apart from playing the stereotypical roles, or small roles usually given to Asian actors and actresses, as society evolves we see how some Asian actresses/actors snag roles written for white people. (Think Lucy Liu in Charlie’s Angels.) The cast of the Dim Sum Funeral discuss whether how difficult it is to break into the acting industry as an Asian artist.

Asian actors in a western world

The Dim Sum funeral cast talks about where they grew up

The Dim Sum Funeral cast talks about getting roles in movies