Get a look under the pink box with the creative team Gold List nominee, THE DONUT KING! THE DONUT KING premiered at SXSW 2020 and received a Special Jury Recognition for Achievement in Documentary Storytelling.

Panelists:

• Alice Gu | Director

• José Nuñez | Producer

• Carol Martori | Editor

• Mayly Tao | "Donut Princess LA" CEO & Founder

Moderated by CAPE’s Director of Programs and Operations Jess Ju.

THE DONUT KING follows the story of Cambodian-American businessman Ted Ngoy. Ted’s story is one of fate, love, survival, hard knocks, and redemption. It’s the rags to riches story of a refugee escaping Cambodia, arriving in America in 1975 and building an unlikely multi-million-dollar empire baking America’s favorite pastry, the donut. Ted sponsored hundreds of visas for incoming refugees and helped them get on their feet teaching them the ways of the donut business. By 1979 he was living the American Dream. But, in life, great rise can come with great falls.