IVC English instructor Burlee Vang premiered his latest film, They Live in the Grey, on AMC Networks’ Shudder, and it has received wide acclaim and press. Professor Vang wrote and directed the horror film along with his brother, Abel Vang.
“Most horror films with Asian leads are foreign films,” say the Vang brothers. “We’re proud and excited to tell an Asian-American horror story – something you don’t often see. We can’t imagine a better partner than Shudder to help us bring this Asian-American narrative to the horror genre.”
Professor Vang is an award-winning author and poet. His books include, The Dead I Know: Incantation for Rebirth and How Do I Begin? A Hmong American Literary Anthology. His writing has also appeared in many reputable literary journals and anthologies, including 20 Something Essays by 20 Something Writers: Best New Voices of 2006 and New California Writing.
In 2006, Burlee founded The Hmong American Writers’ Circle (HAWC) to promote and nurture creative writing within the Hmong community. His long-time efforts were highlighted in the New York Times (“A Hmong Generation Finds Its Voice in Writing”). In 2011, the Vangs won the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting for their war-drama screenplay, The Tiger’s Child.