The Donut King
Directed By
Alice Gu
This documentary tells Ted Ngoy's story that is one of fate, love, survival, hard knocks, and redemption.
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The unlikely story of a Cambodian refugee arriving in America in 1975 and building an empire baking America’s favorite pastry, the donut.
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.
Alice Gu began her career as a Director of Photography, working with renowned directors Werner Herzog, Stacy Peralta, and Rory Kennedy. THE DONUT KING is her feature-length directorial debut, premiering at SXSW 2020. She is currently in pre-production on her next feature documentary about the complex workings of multinational monopolies.
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