July 26th – 6.30PM EST
Asia Society • 725 Park Ave, New York, NY 10021
Asian American International Film Festival

Asian CineVision in association with Asia Society presents:THE UGLY MODEL

From the outside, Philly based Korean American adoptee and fitness model Kevin Tae-jin Kreider seems to have it all: looks, muscles, chutzpah, confidence and charisma. He has a popular Instagram and vlog and has modeled around the world for the likes of Men’s Health, Gillette and Abercrombie & Fitch. Yet since childhood, he has always felt ugly and second best as an Asian male in America.

THE UGLY MODEL examines the paradox of a handsome male model who feels ashamed, ugly and emasculated because of his Asian ethnicity in America. Why does Kevin still choose to be a male model where validation is based on physical appearance and his ethnicity defines his marketability? Is he a masochist for beating his head against the glass ceiling or is beauty truly in the eye of the beholder?

Director: Doris Yeung
Producer: Bianca Kuijper
Creative Producer: Bing Wang
Director of Photography, Editor: Martijn Van Veen
Assistant Editor: Yasin Maddamin

Discount code: BLEKxAAIFF42