‘Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó’ Finally Gets a Release Date on Disney+ and Hulu
Disney has finally announced a release date for the Oscar-nominated documentary short Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó.
The 17-minute film, directed by Taiwanese American filmmaker Sean Wang will premiere on Disney+ and Hulu on February 9.
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The short follows the daily lives of the filmmaker’s elderly maternal and paternal grandmothers, best friends who live together. The documentary premiered at the 2023 South by Southwest Film Festival, where it brought home the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award.
Wang began work on Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó in 2021 when he lived with his grandparents for a time between a move from New York City to Los Angeles.
Photo: Also Sean Wang
“It was very much a transitory period of my life,” Wang says. “But in those few months of getting to live with them I got to really experience their joy and their mundane rhythms of life.”
The First Installment in ‘People and Places’
Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó will be the first installment of Disney’s People and Places revival. Like the original series, which ran in the 1950s and 1960s, the new collection of short documentaries will feature people and places around the globe.
Photo: Also Disney
“Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó” embodies the essence of Walt Disney’s storytelling legacy with its deep emotional impact and focus on family,” vice president of original documentaries at Disney Branded Television, Marjon Javadi told Variety in November. “As we celebrate 100 years of The Walt Disney Company, Sean Wang reminds us, through his grandmothers’ beautiful relationship, that we can find magic in the every day at any age.”
Sean Wang. Photo: ALso Adobe
Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó will premiere on Disney+ and Hulu on February 9.
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