Rice & Grits is more than a film. It’s a homecoming, a celebration of cultural inheritance, and a tribute to the women who feed us—body and soul.

Told through the lens of food, the film follows director Hieu Huynh and her mother as they reflect on memory, migration, and what it means to belong. Born to Vietnamese refugees and raised in Georgia, Hieu grew up on dishes that fused fish sauce with fried chicken, pho with collard greens—flavors that told the story of survival, love, and adaptation.

In documenting her mother’s quiet legacy in the kitchen, Hieu not only preserves the recipes that shaped her upbringing but also reclaims the narrative of what it means to be Southern—and what it means to be Vietnamese in the South.