A Hmong producer had said before it's not a career, it's just a hobby. Hearing that it has already discourage me. I always wanted to be a script/story writer. But most producer seek the most inexpensive way, which is making their movie a one men job. Especially like you said most of the film makers are guys, they like to avoid showing affection and love between lovers as much as possible, and focus on the thrill of action/violence.
Besides that they like to stay on the safe side. They know that the majority of Hmong people are familiar with orphan stories, you're poor I'm rich, poj caiv nyab (mother in law not liking the daughter in law) stories, so they repeat these. And no matter how many times they do, people still support them. Taking my story in is a risk of loosing profit, so no doubt that it'll ever happen.
I wish I can learn film-making, even though I'm single and have no kid, I just don't have time to go back to college now.
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Split Horn Production" Their base in Clovis, California. I think the majority of their movie and movie in progress are filmed in California. They don't go abroad for moving making.