Sean Baker (Co-Creator of Greg the Bunny fame) has an opening this Friday for his feature Take Out, the story is a day-in-the-life of Ming Ding (Charles Jang), an illegal Chinese immigrant working as a deliveryman for a Chinese take-out shop in New York City.

Ming is behind with payments on his huge debt to the smugglers who brought him to the United States. The collectors have given him until the end of the day to deliver the money that is due. After borrowing most of the money from friends and relatives, Ming realizes that the remainder must come from the day's delivery tips. In order to do so, he must make more than double his average daily income.

In a social-realist style, the camera follows Ming on his deliveries throughout the upper Manhattan neighborhood where social and economic extremes exist side by side. Intercutting between Ming's deliveries and the daily routine of the restaurant, Take Out presents a harshly real look at the daily lives of illegal Chinese immigrants in New York City.

Greg the Bunny was a hit on-line, via IFC and iTunes and Sean expects that Take Out will also use the long tail for distribution after the features release.

I interviewed Sean last year and he discussed the project Sean Baker

The film is opening this Friday 6/6/8 at the Quad Cinemas on 13th st. (btwn 5th & 6th). Shih-Ching, Sean and Charles Jangwill be part of a Q & A after the 6:35 and 8:30 shows.