'It takes an average of five years to become a rising star': interview with Chi Muoi

I’m working on my new show, Life in Threes. 7 seasons, 13 episodes each. It tells the story of an 85-year-old Chinese woman, with early-stage dementia, who moves into a nursing home in Philadelphia. In order to take care of one last piece of unfinished business, before the disease gets the best of her.  It's there that she befriends a young Caucasian orderly and an African American nurse. She helps them make sense of their lives, as she recounts the story of her life's journey that begins in China, moves on to Vietnam, and ends in contemporary America. It’s an epic story that spans seven decades, while three lives unravel in the present.