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How The Cha-Cha Led A Refugee Couple From Boat People To Oscar Contenders

DANCE Posted: December 31, 2019 10:04 am

Chipaul and Mille Cao, who grew up as members of wartime Vietnam’s ethnic Chinese minority, met at a dance party just six months before the Communist takeover of the entire country; they fled separately and were apart for years. They ultimately reunited in Southern California, married, and took up competitive ballroom dancing — and now a 20-minute film about them, Walk Run Cha Cha, has made the shortlist for the Best Documentary Short Oscar. – Los Angeles Times

DANCE Published: 12.30.19

Read the story in Los Angeles Times Published: 12.30.19

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