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Helen Jung, Director/Producer
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Tammy Chu, Producer
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Dan Muchnik, Producer
About the Project
After two decades of learning how to manage his bipolar disorder, Yong Yang had finally built a life worth living - until an LAPD officer fatally shot him during a mental health crisis. “Courage for Yong” follows Yong’s identical twin brother Yin, and Korean immigrant parents Min and Sue as they refuse to grieve in silence, challenging the cultural stigma and institutional cover-up that allowed law enforcement to label their son a "suspect" rather than a patient in need. Together, they demand accountability in a system that too often responds to mental illness with lethal force.